This is an analysis of the poem Final Poem that begins with:

The consciousness of my mortality
Which used to blind and limit all my life... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbacddcecfecf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 0100010100 1101110111 1111111011 1001010100 1101011111 0111011001 0101010101 0110001101000 1111000101 11010101001 1111011101 1111111101 1111110111 1101010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 566
  • Average number of words per stanza: 114
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Final Poem;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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