This is an analysis of the poem Death that begins with:

Come thou, thou last one, whom I recognize,
unbearable pain throughout this body's fabric:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbaXb XXcXaX Xccb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111111101 010010101010 1101101111101 011101000101 111101111000 1101 1101110111010 1100010110101 111101010110 01010010111100 110101011101 10110101110 0011111110101 10011111101 1111010011 11011111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 245
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; i, o, and are repeated.

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

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

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