In the poem “The City of the End of Things” by Archibald Lampman he paints the image 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, so with the destruction of the natural world comes the fall of humanity. Lampman wrote "Its roofs and iron towers grew / No one knows how high overnight" (9-10), which causes the image of a city ever growing, seemingly overnight other. There is an ABAB rhyme scheme in the poem along with the use of alliteration, onomatopoeia and imagery. Using all these techniques helps the reader better understand the message being conveyed in the poem. Some of the themes of this poem include urbanization, dystopia, the death of nature, and the fall of the world. The reader gets a vivid picture of a huge industrial city built in the “huge valleys of Tartarus” (4). This reference to Tartarus means that the city is practically located in an infernal area. The image of hell is further exemplified by the line “A terrible and bright flame” (12), which evokes thoughts of fire and heat. The reference to hell and flames enriches the theme because it brings to light the idea of ​​destruction and burning nature. Similar to what happens when there is a forest fire. But fire does not come from nowhere, but comes “from a thousand furnace doors” (16), which favors the idea of ​​industrialization. There are no more humans in this city, which is evident because when he talks about the beings in the city Lampman writes, “They are not flesh, they are not bones,/ They do not see with the human eye” (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 of these “Flit figures with jingling hands” (31) is work. They work to make the city bigger and to build more than they already do