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

He sat upon a fallen log
And heaved a long, deep sigh.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABabbcXX dddddede ffXfXcXc cfcfghgh dddddgdX ABabdhdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 110111 011100011 1011001 10101010011 1010101 11010100 1101010 100010111 111101 11110101 011111 101111101 1011111 11011101 111001 101111111 111111 111111010 1111011 11111111 110111 011101001 010011 101010111 110101 11110111 111101 11010101 111111 01110111 110001 101110101 001101 11110111 110101 00110111 111111 11011111 11111000 11010101 110111 101011111 111101 10011111 010001 11110111 10001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 261
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • 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; his, an', me are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word an' is repeated.

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

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