Analysis of How to End a Poem
There is no way to end a poem
As it will end itself,
But if the pen won't stem its flow
The guides below may help:
Like the plague or creeping pox
Avoid a summary ending;
End your poem with images
Or surprising anecdote,
Or words which echo or recall
The sounds that went before;
Instead of floating freely
Upon a brackish sea,
Anchor your poem securely
In its reality;
Use an apt comparison
Like a stardust stampede in the sky
Or a contrite choir of crickets;
Shock the complacent
From their somnolence;
Close with musical chords
Which promise a resolve.
There are as many ways to end
A poem and yet there is not one
For poems will oft communicate
Exactly when they're done.
Scheme | XXXXXXXXXXAAAABXX XXXXXBXB |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 111111010 111101 11011111 010111 1011101 01010010 11101100 101010 1111011 011101 0111010 010101 10110010 0110 1110100 10101001 100110110 10010 11100 111001 110001 11110111 010011111 11011010 010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 675 |
Words | 125 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 17, 8 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 269 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 63 |
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Submitted on August 16, 2017
Modified on April 18, 2023
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