This is an analysis of the poem When All Is Done that begins with:

When all is done, and my last word is said,
And ye who loved me murmur, 'He is dead,'...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaa bbcc ddcc Xcddd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101111101 1111110101 1111111111 1101111101 1101100101 1101110101 1111110101 0100010001 1111011101 0101010101 1111111111 1101010101 11011111010 1111110101 1101111110 1101110101 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The author used the same word when at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of When All Is Done;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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