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

It is time for me to go, mother; I am going.
When in the paling darkness of the lonely dawn you stretch out...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaccdeXXfXcXXeXXdfXXdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0011101101110 100101000101111 11111000111110001 100101110 1101010010110111 1101000101111111 1101 00101101101011 011100111110010 0101010100011 0110110011011000 111101001101010 10101111110111 101110111 1101011101010001 111110001011111 11111101010010111 1100010 110110001001010 11101011110001000 11101111 110010101010100 011010010101010100 01001110011010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1384
  • Average number of words per stanza: 259
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 57 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, you, and, your, in, my are repeated.

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

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

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

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