This is an analysis of the poem At A Life's End that begins with:
COME here, rekindle the old fire,
This last night leave no lamp unlit! ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbba Xcdce fgggf ghhhg ijjji ddddd fkikf lmmml nbbbn XeeeX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110100110 01111110 01011111 01000100 011100010 111101110 011101001 11010100 01001011 01011101 11010111 11010101 01010001 01010001 10111111 111101001 11011101 01110101 11011101 10110001 11011101 01010101 01000101 011100111 01110101 11111101 110111110 110110010 011001010 11110101 1101100111 00110100 111101111 11110100 11010101 10110001 11011101 11111111 11010101 10010111 01010101 01100101 100101001 10110001 110100101 1101101100 11110111 11111101 01010101 10110101
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 179
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 50
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
The author used the same word outside at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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