This is an analysis of the poem Leave Him Now Quiet By The Way that begins with:

Leave him now quiet by the way
To rest apart. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcc bddbee faafee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 0101 1111100110 11100101 110101 11010001 0011 010101 11001010101 1101100001 110001 11110111 0110 010101 1001110011 11010101 0111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; him is repeated.

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