This is an analysis of The End by Amy Lowell.

Throughout the echoing chambers of my brain
I hear your words in mournful cadence toll…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaaXbacdecde
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 01010010011 1111010101 1111011101 01001010101 0101010101 11010100101 0101010101 0100011101 1111110101 1111011101 0101010111 1001011111 1011011101 10110011101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14