This is an analysis of the poem Last Will And Testament that begins with:

Comrades, if I don't live to see the day
-- I mean,if I die before freedom comes --...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abac deab fgbX bebX bggg bXXd gfcfeX X X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,6,1,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101110101 1101101101 1101 110100101010010100 010101011101 1111101110101 01010111001 11010101 1011110101010 00111100101101 1101010001 11110001 0111111 01111101 111110 11111001 11111 011010 1101101 01011101001 11110 01010101010 110110101 100110100 11011011111 101011110 10100101010010100 101110 01111111 1101011101 11100110 111010110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, in, and are repeated.

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