This is an analysis of the poem Later On that begins with:

My death will arrive one day,
It may be a bright, spring dawn,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcde AdadXd Affgf hhibh jklXi bmadf kXmXXi edgiddd idcf bddj bblaabk Xe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,5,5,5,5,6,7,4,4,7,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100111 01001011 010010101 1010101 0010101 11 1011101 0001101 1101 0100010 010001 11 11111 111110 1010010011 100111001 11011010001 110101011 1110000100011 1110011011 11 01 01001011 110010110101 1011101110 011101111 1 011011 00100101 0011111 1001111 10101101 010101100 101101101 01011 0101 1101 11 1011 0001 1011110011 10101101001 101001 01101 1110101 1101111 11001001 100111011 11 110100101 101101011 001010101 101 0101101 010011011 110101 0101 001001 111 010101000011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 62
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word that at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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

  • summary of Later On;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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