This is an analysis of the poem A Farewell that begins with:

FAREWELL, thou little Nook of mountain-ground,
Thou rocky corner in the lowest stair... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: ababbaba bcbccbcb dedeeded babaabab acaccaca fgfgXfgf heXeeheh ijijjXji
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111010101 1101000101 01010010111 1101110011 1101010001 01001111101 11111010101 1101011101 1101010101 1101011111 01001111101 0101100101 1111110111 1101011101 0111111101 1110111111 11110001111 1111011101 1111010101 0111010101 1101001101 1101110111 1001000111 1101011101 1111011001 110101001001 1101010011 0101110101 110101110 0100100101 0101010101 110111111 1111110101 1011011101 01010101011 1111001111 1011010011 1111110101 1010110001 1101111101 1111011101 1111011111 0011110111 1101011111 1111011101 1101010111 01110110101 1100011011 1101010011 101010101011 1001000100 1011011001 1101100111 1011010101 1001110101 0111111011 1101010101 101100010010 1011010101 110100001010 11110011010 1101110100 1101001001 0011010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 356
  • Average number of words per stanza: 64
  • Amount of lines: 64
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; of, and are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of A Farewell;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by William Wordsworth