This is an analysis of the poem End Gossip You Start that begins with:

You talk about sins.
Who does it and how it all begins....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AaBC aaBC XXBC DABC DABC AaXBCXDABCccc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011 110110101 11 111011 110110010 1010101110 11 111011 011111111 11101101111 11 111011 0110111001 0010011011101 11 111011 0110111001 0010011011101 11 111011 11011 110110 110101010101110 11 111011 0110111001 0010011011101 11 111011 111 11 10111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, evil, talk, about are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words you, a at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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