This is an analysis of the poem The Last Review that begins with:
Turn the light down, nurse, and leave me, while I hold my last review,
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcaded ddfef ghg ii aea gg bbcejc klXmXg bbmbfm lkii nnmjm oepodmd ljpnp njjj mjjjii nnii Xnjaaqq dad rr oohi i sns aa clc mm ddaa Xjlnelala
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,5,3,2,3,2,6,6,6,4,5,7,5,4,6,4,7,3,2,4,1,3,2,3,2,4,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101111111111111 1 01 010011010101 101011101110101 1110101000 10001 001011110010101 111011101010001 111011100010011 1111111010 11101 111011101110101 001011101010 101 101000101011111 1010101101010101 00101010100111001 1010111010 10111 110011101111101 00101110101101 101010101111101 101010100010001 101110101011101 10 111010 1011001 101111101011100 101011101011111 001010101011110 11 1010 101010101 111010111111111 001010101010101 101010101010101 111 01110 1010101 100010101001111 1010101001010100 111011111110101 101010101010101 111001101011101 101010101011111 101011100011101 10101010100 0101 101110111011111 10 101 1101110101 111010101110101 101010101010 101 1111 1010 1011001 10101010101 1101 10101 110 1011101 101000101011101 01 111010 1010111 00111101110101 110100101110001 111110101100111 101100100011111 101110101011101 11000110011101 10111010111100 100 1 10 101011101 101110101011101 11111010111111 101010111011101 101011111011001 101010101010 101 101010101111101 101011101010101 1010101001011101 111110101111111 111010100010 101 101010101010101 101111101111111 111110101 110101 111101101111101 101010101010111 111011111010101 1010101111 10001 1011111001011101 111010101010101 111010101000101 111011100110101 011110101011101 011011001110101 1010 10111010111 1 010 00101110101 101000101110001 101010101111 111
- Amount of stanzas: 23
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 220
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 125
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, they, in, i, if, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, i, if, tell are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase flying connects the lines.
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