In the poem “The End of Things City” by Archibald Lampman, he paints a picture of a dystopian and mechanical future. The theme of this poem is a prediction of the destruction of the natural world and the current industrialized future. Humans cannot live without nature; the destruction of the natural world therefore brings about the downfall of humanity. Lampman wrote "Its roofs and iron towers grew/No one knows how high in the night" (9-10), which gives the image of a city that never stops growing, seemingly by day the next day. In the poem there is an ABAB rhyme scheme as well as the use of alliteration, onomatopoeia and imagery. By using all of these techniques, it helps the reader better understand the message relayed in the poem. Some of the topics in this poem include urbanization, dystopia, the death of nature, and the fall of the Middle Kingdom. The reader gets a vivid image of a huge industrial city built in the “immense valleys of Tartarus” (4). This reference to Tartarus means that the city is practically in a hellish zone. The image of hell is further illustrated by the line “A terrible and luminous flame” (12), which evokes thoughts of fire and heat. The reference to hell and flames adds to the theme as it highlights the idea of ​​destruction and nature burning. It's like what happens in a forest fire. But fire does not come from nowhere, it comes “from a thousand furnace doors” (16), which reinforces the idea of ​​industrialization. There are no more humans in this city, which is obvious because, speaking of the city's beings, Lampman wrote: "They are neither flesh nor bone,/They see not with the eye human” (33-34). This part of the poem is important because if there are no more humans, it is easy to assume that the only driving force behind these “figures that fly with hands that clap” (31) is work. They are working to expand the city and build more than they already have