This is an analysis of the poem A Last Word that begins with:
OH, for some cup of consummating might,
Filled with life's kind conclusion, lost in night!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabccbbdbdefgXaXdgbdXcacXaahdXffaccfaXehX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 41,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111010101 1011010101 0101010111 0101010101 1001010101 1101010111 1111001101 1101011111 1111010001 0101010101 11010010001 1100010101 0111010101 11001010111 0111110111 1101110101 1011011101 1101010101 1011011101 0101110101 0101001101 0101010101 010100100111 10011110101 0111111101 1111111111 111111101 1011000101 0101110111 1111110101 01011110110 0101100001 0101110001 01001000111 01010101101 01011110000 0111010001 0111111100 1101100101 01010100001 0101110100
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1789
- Average number of words per stanza: 327
- Amount of lines: 41
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, to, no, nor, at, and, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word nor is repeated.
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- summary of A Last Word;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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