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

The songs that I sing
Should have told you an Easter story...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab XcXc dede
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01111 111111010 001101 0011011010 0011110 110010010 111110 111110010 101000 110010110 001011 011010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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