This is an analysis of the poem The Last Man that begins with:
All worldly shapes shall melt in gloom,
The Sun himself must die, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abacddaeea fghgiiaeea ebebggjiij klklbbmnnm lglgookeek ihifkkpllp aoaoggkcck dpdpmmXbcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11011101 010111 01010101 010100 11010011 11110101 100101 11010101 1110101 110101 01110101 010111 01000100 011101 11010101 11001101 011101 11011111 11010001 011111 11011111 010111 11011001 100111 101110111 11011101 110111 11110100 11010101 111101 101011111 010101 111110111 010000 11111101 11100101 111101 11010111 11010101 011101 101100101 010101 10110101 110001 01010111 11010101 010101 10010101 11010101 110101 101110011 0111010 10110100 011101 11111101 110111001 011111 001010111 01000101 011101 101010101 1101001 11110101 111011 10110111 01010101 110101 11010100 11010100 110101 101110111 110101 01011101 011111 11011111 11010101 111001 010010101 01010100 1101010
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 329
- Average number of words per stanza: 58
- Amount of lines: 80
- 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; his is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, who are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Last Man;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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