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

THERE, close the door!
I shall not need these lodgings any more.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa bbbX cccX dddd Xeee Xfff gggg aaaa bbhX gggg dddd iiii bbhb jjjj aaaa Xeee XggX jjjj aXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101 1111110101 1111010111 011101 1111 1100111111 11001110111 011101 1101 1101110001 0111110001 110110 0101 1111010101 1111110001 101111 11100 1101010111 1101110101 110101 1110 01010101101 1011011111 010111 1111 0101110100 1101011001 110101 1101 1111010101 1101010101 111111 0101 0101011011 1000110100 111111 0101 1100011101 11110101001 101101 0111 1100110101 11010010101 010101 0111 1111010101 1100111101 010111 0100 1011110111 0111111100 110111 0101 1011110011 10001111101 110111 1101 1111110101 1111100101 011101 1110 11110100101 1100010111 110101 1010 1101000111 1111001101 101111 1111 1100011111 11110111101 011111 1001 00101000100 1101011111 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 19
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 76
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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, to, peace are repeated.

    The author used the same words will, in at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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