This is an analysis of the poem Farewell And Adieu.... that begins with:

Farewell and adieu to you, Harwich Ladies,
Farewell and adieu to you, ladies ashore! ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCB aaXa cdXd deaeXABCB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101011010 11101011001 110110010010 111001101011 11111110110 11111101011 011110110011 01010001111 011101010011 10001101101 111110011010 0110101011 0111011100100 001011011001 1100101110110 1110111111101 11101011010 11101011001 110110010010 111001101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 205
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, we'll, we are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words farewell, we'll are repeated.

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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