This is an analysis of the poem Last Post: that begins with:
When all was o'er and done
At the sinking of the sun,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXXaa XbXbXaca XaXadcXc Xddeeee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,8,8,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111011 1010001 1011110 0101110 100111 010101 1001110 111111 1101110 111101 01011000 111101 1111110 110001 1101010 110101 0111110 110101 1111010 110000 1101010 1100111 11 0101 011100001 111111 100111 111111 1001011111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 205
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, o, the are repeated.
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- summary of Last Post:;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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