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

A dying firelight slides along the quirt
Of the cast iron cowboy where he leans...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabaXb cdadac aXeXeab bfefaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,7,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01010010101 0011011111 0111010100 10010110111 100101010 01010011001 1101000101 1101011101 10101100111 00111111111 1101111101 1111011101 001001011101 01010011000 11110101 01100000100 1101100101 0101011101 1001 0101001 0110010101 0101010001 0111010101 01010010101 1111010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 255
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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