This is an analysis of the poem The Last Department that begins with:
Twelve hundred million men are spread
About this Earth, and I and You... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaX bbcb ccdX Xeae ddcd ddfd fcXf dXXd bbXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11010111 01011111 10111111 1001101010 111111110101 01001011101 0101011111 1111110101 1101010111 0011111100 11010111001 01110110010000 1111011101 1100010100 0111010101 1101010100 0100010100 1001110101 1101010101 1101001001 1111010001 1101011101 1111110101 0011000101 100100110011 1110111111 1111010101 1101011101 0101010101 0101010101 0100011000 1001011101 1111111101 0111011101 1101110000 1101111111
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 169
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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, nor, of, or are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words when, a are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Last Department;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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