This is an analysis of the poem The Last Word that begins with:
Before the April night was late
A rider came to the castle gate;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Aabb ccdd ccAa eecc ffaa ggeX hhii eedd ddjj cckk ggdd iicX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010111 010100101 01010101 1011100101 11100111 110110101 10110111 1110110101 10110111 11011101 01010111 101100101 11011111 11110111 11010111 11111101 10111101 01010111 010100101 11110111 11111001 01010101 01111111 111101010 10010101 10011101 10010101 10010111 11110101 01010101 011101001 11111101 11101101 11110111 11110101 0010100111 11010101 10110101 11010101 01010111 11110101 01101101 11110101 01010101 110100101 110100101 100100101 11011101
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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- summary of The Last Word;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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