This is an analysis of the poem The Farewell To The Brethren Of St. James's Lodge, Tarbolton that begins with:
ADIEU! a heart-warm fond adieu;
Dear brothers of the mystic tie!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababXXbX cdcddedX fgfggegX hihiiXiX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01011101 11000101 1100101 01001101 11010111 01010101 01011101 11111110 11111101 11010101 110000101 010100101 11110101 11110101 11011111 11011110 11010011 11100101 011010101 010010101 111111001 11010101 11010101 10111110 11111101 10110101 111100101 01001101 01010111 11010101 11110001 01011110
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 269
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 35
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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.
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