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

And night and distant rumbling; now the army's
carrier-train was moving out, to war....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXab bcbc dXd Xee Xe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 111101001010 1001110101 1110010111 11110110110 11111100010 11010100101 00110110110 11001010011 1100010101 11110101010 11010011001 01010110111 110100101010 10110001001 01011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; and, he are repeated.

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

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

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