This is an analysis of the poem At Last I Shall Listen that begins with:
My past is heavy with
The lifeless...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabXXcXXacXXbcacX X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,1,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110100 010 10 0101 1101010 0 1101011 0101001 1 11101011 11010010 01 1111110010100 01 1 10110100 11010 010010111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 193
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of At Last I Shall Listen;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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