This is an analysis of the poem Impentitent Ultima that begins with:
Before my light goes out for ever if God should give me a choice of
graces,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabab aacac dadX bebe ffff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01111111001111010 10 11110101111100 1111001111101010 11011111110101 111110111011101 110 110111111111101 11110010110110110 1110011011111101 1101010110101010 110111010101000 111100111011111010 011100111110101 010011110111111 1001011100101 101101110111011 1010010011011 01010010111101010 111011110111010 101110111111010 10111001101010110
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 263
- Average number of words per stanza: 55
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 59 (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, her, out, me, be are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words her, and are repeated.
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