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

Where are you--you whose loving breath
Alone can stay my soul from death?... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddccceeccc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111101 01111101 01111101 11110101 01110101 11001101 11010101 01111101 11011111 11111111 110101001 11111111 01010101 10011111 11011111 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 559
  • Average number of words per stanza: 113
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, i are repeated.

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

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