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

First light. This misted field
is the world, that man ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abc bad dbb cce dXd XfX cda beX aba aab bfX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101 00111 10011 11111 10001 0110011 1111 1101010 111 01011010 0010 0100101 0110110 11 110110 0011101 011 11010 0111 11001 10101 011001 101 10101 10101 101 01110 001101 111 01111 0101010 1101 1000110
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 82
  • Average number of words per stanza: 12
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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