This is an analysis of the poem What The Last Evening Will Be Like that begins with:

You're sitting at a small bay window
in an empty café by the sea....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXX XaaXa XbbbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 110101110 01101101 01110100101 11111001010 1010101 11101001 0101110101 110110110 010111100 1011010101 1110010101 0010011001 101001010 1111010011 1010110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 197
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of What The Last Evening Will Be Like ;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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