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

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All verse is occasional verse....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccXdefa gXXfXcgchfhe icXbhijbgcebbb Xadggbibj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,12,14,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 100111 11001001 0110011010 1010111001110 11011100010 010011001 101010101 101110101 100101010 111011101 1011010001 0101010011100 10111110100 10111111010 01001011010100 111101110010 1101001110 100010101 10101011101 110011010100 010010101 010111 1111101001 110010100010 10010111 11010010101 100101011011 1011100110 1101110101 101110101001 11001101 0101111111 0110010101 01011010001 11001100101 1101 110010 1001101 11011101 01000110001 111010001 111011101 1011010101 010110101 11110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 429
  • Average number of words per stanza: 79
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; in, sorry, i'm, i, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word perhaps is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines sorry is repeated).

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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