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

They brought her to the crowded paddock,
The red sun glinting on skin like jet,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXababX bcbXcdXd beeeXcaceeee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110001010 011101111 1001001010 0111100101 101011101110 101001111001 101101110 100100111 1001011010 110100111 101010010010 101111101 111101110 0111101001 01001111010 100110111 101001111010 011100111 11101111110 011100101 101111010 11100111111 10111101110 1101111011 1011011010 0101100101 1001001010 0011110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 402
  • Average number of words per stanza: 77
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; last, she, her are repeated.

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

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

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