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

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcbacdeadafd eXgffggcchhcg ciffjgdgbabiidjgijkjljj gaaggggggggmc XgncgnoccdidgdjX ipqppbpbgaXa djpfXjjddjcaff ngXfjnjalaa akgprrksbabbrrsaoscgjofbfoobgbb btjbfpljbcbc bgjoooj Xajjfffeddjj oaaddXg cjgajdkbbk fjdjajsbbs qjjjjq Xaopdebdgrcgatcdib fjbas
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,13,23,13,16,12,14,11,31,12,7,12,7,10,10,6,18,10,6,3,22,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 01111010101 1001000101 0100010101 110101 1001 110101 1101 100111 10101 1001010001 1111 1011000101 0101101 01101 1001 110100 0101 1111 01001 101101 100101 1101010111 110011 111111 100101 111101 0101 1101110101 1100010101 0101 110001101 1111110101 1111110101 110001001 11010101001 1101110111 1111010101 01 101001 1011 100111 110111 0101001101 1101 1101 0110010100 110101 11010 10101 1100010111 1101001111 111101 0101 1001001 1001010100 10010101001 1111010101 101101 101101 1101011101 1001010111 1100110001 1111010101 1 1111011101 10111011001 1011100101 010111 1001010001 110101 1011001001 0101 110101 0101010 101 0101 100101 11010101 10 110110 110111 1001110001 100101 0101 010101 100111 01111101 1101010 10111 1011110 0101 1111110101 1111010001 111101 0100011100 11010 110101 11001111101 00110101 110111 0111010001 1101110111 1001010101 1111110101 0001011001 0101010101 01110010001 11010111110 1101111101 0101010111 1001001 01110101 1001010101 1111010 10101 1101 1111001100 100100 0111110 111 1001110101 1111 1101001100 1101010101 111111 111111 1111 1101 110101 1011 110111 0101110101 1111 0101010101 1101111101 0111010 101 1111010001 10010001001 0111010111 1011110101 001101 010111 110101 10110 101101 111100101 111101100101 0111 110101 1111 10010 101 110 111010 100111 1001101101 100111 100101 1101000101 110101 1101 110110 10110001 11010010101 010101 1 0101011101 1001011111 101100101 1011 01011111 111001 111011 110011 1101 01 0110000001 11010 10001 010001 110111 01 1101 1011000101 1001 111101 1001 100111 101101 110001 110100 1101 0101 1100010100 1101010101 110001 11010001 0101 100101 1101011 101 1011110101 1101110011 110101 1001011101 1001010011 1001011111 0101110101 1001010101 1001110101 1 1010001 11101101 001101001 1101001 1001001 1011101 11101011 01011000 11101101 10110010 101011 101011001 101011001 1011001 1011011 1001001 1001101 110100 1001001 01011011 101001001 11001111 000101 00111001 1101001 11111001 1011001 111111 1111001 1101001 11011011 1111110 11101001 1101001 101001001 110010110 01101001 101001011 11011101 1011001 10110110 11101001 001011101 1110010 11101001 011001001 11001001 101011011 10001001 11101001 11101001 1001011 01111001 01101011 111001001 101011011 11001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 22
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 422
  • Average number of words per stanza: 69
  • Amount of lines: 273
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; and, one are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, so, who are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase fear connects the lines.

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