This is an analysis of the poem Let Me Go that begins with:

When I come to the end of the road
And the sun has set for me... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbXdaDXeecfddDfbabbfgfXeXeffgf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111001001 1011111 111100111 1110111 110101111 1101111 010011111 111111 1000101111 111101 01100101 0110101 111101111 10111 111011101 111111 1111110 111111 11110111 110101 0011011 0101101 1011010 101101 1111011 111101 11110100 111001 1101011 111111 1011010 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 940
  • Average number of words per stanza: 203
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; me, and, i, not are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, i are repeated.

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

  • summary of Let Me Go;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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