This is an analysis of the poem The Rover's Adieu that begins with:
weary lot is thine, fair maid,
A weary lot is thine!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababbcbCDCcbcXefefDX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010111 010101 01011101 110111 01010101 010001 01000101 110111 11 110111 11010111 010101 11110101 111110 11010111 010101 11010101 1101101 11 10111000
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 532
- Average number of words per stanza: 110
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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 a is repeated.
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