This is an analysis of the poem Farewell To The Muse that begins with:

Enchantress, farewell, who so oft hast decoy'd me,
At the close of the evening through woodlands to roam,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd XaXacece XfcfXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001111111001 101001011101 1010010010101 01011111011 111101110110 01010001011 111110110110 01111111011 111110111110 11101001011 111111110011 101001101001 1111011011010 01101011101 10100010011010 01001101001 11111110100 0110100111101 10101101011010 11001011001 111100110110 0011010010010 1011010010010 11110011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 406
  • Average number of words per stanza: 73
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 50 (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; of is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Farewell To The Muse;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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