This is an analysis of the poem The Last Leap that begins with:

ALL is over! fleet career,
Dash of greyhound slipping thongs, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaabb cdccdd edeedd fgffgg hihhii jfjjff jfjjff fkffkk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101 1011101 1010101 1110011 1110111 10101 1011100 1110111 1010111 1010001 1000111 11111 1111101 1110101 1000101 1110100 10100111 11100 1011101 1011101 1010111 1011101 1011100 10111 1010001 1110111 1110101 1011111 1100111 10111 1010111 10111011 1111101 1010111 1010101 00101 1111111 0011101 1111101 1000101 0010101 11101 0011111 10101001 1011101 1110101 1110011 11101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 198
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; of, fall, to are repeated.

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  • summary of The Last Leap;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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