This is an analysis of the poem Without Ceremony that begins with:

It was your way, my dear,
To be gone without a word... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccb acccc aXddX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 011111 0010101 110111 1111100 00111101 11101001 1101101 10110101 0111101 1101101 1111101 1100111 110101 110100 1101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of Without Ceremony;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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