This is an analysis of the poem The Parting that begins with:
Sky's a-waxin' grey,
Got to be a-goin';...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaXcXcX dXdXefef dXdbafaf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101 100010 10111 111010 10111 111010 11111 01110 10101 100010 10001 100010 10011 111111 10111 01011 10101 111010 10001 111010 11011 111011 10101 01011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 184
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- 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; you is repeated.
The author used the same word sky's at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word you at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Parting;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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