This is an analysis of the poem Adieu, Farewell Earth's Bliss that begins with:

1 Adieu, farewell earth's bliss,
2 This world uncertain is;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbbcca ddeecca ffggcca hhiicca Xafgcca cXjjcca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011111 1010100 1111101 1110111 1100111 1111111 1111011 1111101 1110111 1100111 1110111 1011111 1111111 1111011 11001010 11100010 1101001 1111111 1111101 1111111 1111011 1111001 1111101 1111101 1111101 1110111 1111111 1111011 1100100 1101100 1110100 1111101 1111101 1111111 1111011 1111101 1010100 11001100 1110101 1111001 1111111 1111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 226
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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.

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