This is an analysis of the poem Farewell To A Singer that begins with:

On Her Marriage
As those who hear a sweet bird sing,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abab bcbc dXdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010 11110111 11110101 11110101 11000101 11111111 11011111 11111101 11110111 00110111 11011110 11111101 01111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 109
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word our is repeated.

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