This is an analysis of the poem The End Of The World that begins with:

Here, at the end of the world,
the flowers bleed...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AabbcXD XDXcXeX AffGfG eadadX AXgbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,6,6,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101001 0101 10101 011010 11001 101110 11 101010010 11 110101 1010110111 1011101 10110010 101001001 1101001 010110 1010 110001 1010 110001 11010 1101001 1010101101 01011 01101001 1111 1101001 11110 01110 11 10101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; us is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word where is repeated.

    The author used the same word here at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines bleeding is repeated).

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The End Of The World;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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