This is an analysis of the poem We Are Getting To The End that begins with:

We are getting to the end of visioning
The impossible within this universe,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaab baaX cadcad
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11100010100 00100010101 1111011101 1111111100 11110110101 10000100001 11011001001 1101001100 1111010011 1101001111 11110101001 11011100101 1101110101 1111000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 199
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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

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