This is an analysis of Good-Bye by Walter de la Mare.

The last of last words spoken is, Good-bye -
The last dismantled flower in the weed-grown hedge,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXba aXXa abXa
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 0101110001 010101000111 0111000101110 01110101001 010010100101 100100101110 1000101001001 10010100101 1001010111 10010010100010 110101001010 1011110001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

last, of, in

Anaphora

the