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

Here is this vale of sweet abiding,
My ultimate and dulcet home,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcXcX dedeXdad afafcfcf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100101010 11001101 110101010 01010101 010100110 01000111 0101001010 11110100 010100010 11100101 010101010 00111111 010101010 01010001 110100010 11001101 110101010 111101001 110100010 11010001 110011010 11110001 111001010 11010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 266
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; of is repeated.

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

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