This is an analysis of the poem The Send-Off that begins with:

Down the close, darkening lanes they sang their way
To the siding-shed,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aba ab cbccb ded de eXeee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,2,5,3,2,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 10110011111 00101 1101010101 1101110111 1111 11010101001 1101 1001000101 1011010101 1001 1100111111 1011 1101011101 1101111101 11010 1101010011 0110 0101111111 1111001101 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 119
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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