This is an analysis of the poem My Last Word that begins with:

My last word You will hear.
With this hope ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101 001 110111 11101111 001010100101 11101001000110 1010010 1111011011 1111 01011
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 156
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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, in, i are repeated.

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

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