This is an analysis of the poem Finis that begins with:

It seemed that from the west
The live red flame of sunset,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcdeeceecXaXeeXafcbXceXeXaeeaaaefd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 36,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011001 0111011 100111 111001 1101011 0100111 1111101 0001110 001010010 1000101 101111 10001000 01011110 011011 1001101 11101010 111101 1101001 1001111 100101 1011110 0101001 111100 1011110 00100010 1011001 100101 1101011 010001 11001010 111101 1011011 0010101 111001 010101 10101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1034
  • Average number of words per stanza: 187
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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.

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  • summary of Finis;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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