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

The guns were silent, and the silent hills
had bowed their grasses to a gentle breeze ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXaaaaab cbcdadaeae
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101010101 1111000101 1101011101 1101001011001 1101010101 1100010100 1101010101 1101010101 11111100100 1101111101 0110111100 0111111101 111111011101 1101000101 0101111111 0101010101 0110010101 0101110101 1101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 438
  • Average number of words per stanza: 76
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words their, i, the are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase these connects the lines.

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

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

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