This is an analysis of the poem Lines: We Meet Not As We Parted that begins with:
I.
We meet not as we parted,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababaa Xcbcbb Xbdbdd Xdedee a ff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,1,2,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 1111110 1111111 11001010 1110111 1101101 1 11001110 1101111 101101010 10110101 101111 1 11001110 10100101 01001110 0101111 1100101 1 11111110 1011111 11111100 0110111 101101 1 101101 10101111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; we, like, of, sweet are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words we, like, are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase connects the lines.
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