This is an analysis of Song For The Last Act by Louise Bogan.
Now that I have your face by heart, I look
Less at its features than its darkening frame…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: Abbacddc A Effeabba E GccghiihXG
- Stanza lengths: 8,1,8,1,10,
- Metre: 1111111111 11010101001 1111010111 10101010101 01010101001 0111010101 0101010101 11010100101 1111111111 1111111111 0011010101 1010111101 1101011111 0111010001 1001000101 1111010101 0111011001 1111111111 1111111111 01001111101 0101011101 1011100101 1101010101 0111010101 0111010111 01011001001 1111111111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 27
Repeated words/phrases
i, that, heart
Anaphora
now, the
