This is an analysis of the poem A Last Request that begins with:
Let not the roses lie
Too thickly tangled round my tomb,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaab bcbbc dXddX efeef dXddX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 110101 11010111 1101110101 1011111101 111101 111111 11011101 1111010111 11011101001 1111001 111111 10010111 1101110101 1101111111 1111110 101101 11110101 1101010001 01100010111 100101 101011 01010110 1111010101 1011111111 011110
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 174
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; not, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of A Last Request;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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