This is an analysis of the poem Without It Ending that begins with:

Barbarians proving they can be barbaric,
With an inflicting of evils new and fresh......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXabcacc XXXcXXdba ADAeXADAae
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 010010110010 01010010111 11110101 0011101001 101001010111 0010010110 011111010101 1110010101 11001100001110 11 10101001011010 0100011101100 0100010001101011 010001001010101 010001001100111 0101101010010001 10100010111 0101101100001101 11 01010100101101001 010101 01010 11 01010100101101001 010101 010 10
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 276
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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; to, and are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Without It Ending;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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