This is an analysis of Year's End by Weldon Kees.

The state cracked where they left your breath
No longer instrument. Along the shore…

Browse poems by Weldon Kees

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXbabXb abXXcc
  • Stanza lengths: 9,6,
  • Metre: 01111111 1101000101 011110101 11010100100 0101110101 1011010001 1010010111 01001111 0101011111 110010001 1011010100 1100011101 0111010111 0111110001 1101010011
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 15