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

Not while the woods are redolent with spring,
Or scentless immortelles of autumn blow,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abba cddc ecfXcef
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11011100001 11010000101 11011100011 1001110100 11010011101 1101010101 1101100101 11011100101 1011110101 01011100100 1111110101 1101010011 1111110101 0111010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 147
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The Last Oblivion;
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  • history of its creation;
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