This is an analysis of the poem The Farewell that begins with:
IT was a' for our rightfu' King
We left fair Scotland's strand; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaBCB XdXDCD XcXCCC XdXDCD XeXECE
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01111101 111101 01111101 1101101 11 1101101 11011111 110101 11110111 111101 11 111101 11111101 100101 11010101 1011101 11 1011101 01010101 110101 11110111 100101 11 100101 11011101 111101 111111110 111111 11 111111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 231
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- 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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
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- summary of The Farewell;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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