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

The world of the elder gods is aflame. The smoke of its burning,
Heavy with fumes of carnage, darkens the shuddering skies. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaB cbcB dbdB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0100101001010010 10010101001001 10101001010010 0101001 1100110010111111 11100100101001 1111011001111011 0101001 1001110011010010 1111101001001 100100111011110 0101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 213
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word rise at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase rise connects the lines.

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

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