This is an analysis of the poem A Farewell To America To Mrs. S. W. that begins with:
I.
ADIEU, New-England's smiling meads,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdc XbebX Xfcfc XgXgX aaXaX adbdb Xgcgc Xhchc Xbebe Xfafa acbcb Xacac XebeX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 01110101 010101 111101101 110101 1 01110101 111101 11010101 111110 1 01010101 111111 11011111 110101 1 01011111 010101 11010101 11100010 1 11000111 010110 11111111 100101 1 01010101 010101 110100001 110101 1 11100101 110101 10010101 010101 1 11010101 010101 010101001 010101 1 01011101 010101 11100101 110101 1 11011111 111101 11010101 1100101 1 110100101 110101 01010101 110101 1 11010101 011101 11011101 110101 1 11011101 011101 11010101 010110
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 66
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thy is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words adieu, in, with are repeated.
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