This is an analysis of the poem The Parting Word that begins with:

I must leave thee, lady sweet
Months shall waste before we meet;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd aaeeddff ccgghhaa aaaabbdd iiaajjaa ddkkkkhh Xleeddmm ffnneemmXllaannmm
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111101 1110111 1111111 1011101 1010111 11111001 1111101 1110101 1011111 1111101 1010111 1110101 1010111 1110101 1111101 1111111 101101 11101001 0011101 1110101 1011111 10100101 1110101 1011111 10110101 1110101 10011111 1011111 1010111 1011111 1011101 1010100 11101001 1110111 11110011 1111101 1110101 1110101 1111101 1111101 1010011 1010111 1110101 1000011 1110101 1011101 1011101 0010101 11111010 1010101 1011101 1110101 1011111 1010101 1110101 1110111 1011111 1010101 1010001 1111101 1011101 1011101 1011101 1110111 1110001 0111101 1111101 0010101 0011001 1010111 1110101 1110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 264
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 72
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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