This is an analysis of the poem Departure. that begins with:

While the far farewell music thins and fails,
And the broad bottoms rip the bearing brine - ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abba abbX acXccX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1011110111 1011010101 1101000111 1101001111 11010010101 1101110101 0101111101 10111010111 11110011111 1111000101 1101010100 1011110111 110010110101 10011101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 218
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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