This is an analysis of the poem Last Curtain that begins with:
I know that the day will come
when my sight of this earth shall be lost, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabc aXc bbXcac XabbXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110101 111001101 110101010 1001101011 110111 1101101 11011111011011 1110010110 010000101 11110101 11001010 100101 1001001 1111101 11111 101 1111001 0111101 1101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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 poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, rare, let are repeated.
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- summary of Last Curtain;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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