This is an analysis of the poem Last Dawn that begins with:

Your hair is lost in the forest,
your feet touching mine....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXXbXcbXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010010 11101 011110101 11110101 111111110 1101010 00101 010111 011 101 001100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 292
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; your is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word your is repeated.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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