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

Last eve as I leaned from my lattice, looked out at the night
Where the grey of the sea misted into the grey of the skies,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbacaacabbacddc ebbe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11111011011101 101001100001001 1011001111001 1001111101011 101101001111111 10110111011001 101101101101111 111011001001001 111001101101011 11101011101011 1011011111001 1011001001001 1101100101101 1011001101011001 101101001010001 11101001101101001 1001011111011 01111111111111 11101011101011 1111011111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 636
  • Average number of words per stanza: 122
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 63 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, in, to, my, them, your are repeated.

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