This is an analysis of the poem End, Middle, Beginning that begins with:

There was an unwanted child.
Aborted by three modern methods...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcded fcaef Xgghdaei ehgjbX kcidjXa ggdlc lXckddidgl
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,5,8,6,7,5,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101 010111010 111001 1101 1001000 1010101 0101 101 1011 101 1011 01111001 111111 011101001 11101 1011001 01010 1111 1011 11110000010 1100011 111011 1010010111 111100101 111010001 010100101 1010 110111 11001 1110101 11001 10110010100 111010001 11 11001 1100011 1110010 00101 1 10 1101 0110010 11101 11 11101 00011 1101 11110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (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; her is repeated.

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

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

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

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