This is an analysis of the poem Villanelle that begins with:
We said farewell, my youth and I,
When all fair dreams were gone or going,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbAabA abA abA abA abA abaXabAa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,3,3,3,3,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111111 111101110 11110111 11110111 110101010 11111111 10111101 111101010 11110111 11011101 110111010 11111111 11110011 110001110 11110111 11011111 111111010 11111111 11110111 111111110 11111111 11010111 1011011010 11111111 11110111
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- 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.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word we is repeated.
The author used the same word we at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word dry at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Villanelle;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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