Sonnet V: Nothing But No by Michael Drayton: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet V: Nothing But No that begins with:

Nothing but "No," and "Aye," and "Aye," and "No"?
How falls it out so strangely you reply? ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXXXXXXcacbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 10110011000110001100 1101110101 1111110101 000101000101000 1110100110101000 111010011110100 111010110111000 10101111110100 111111110011000 1111011111 1011010101 1111111111 110011000011101 11010011000110001100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 825
  • Average number of words per stanza: 124
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 58 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 9

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; no, and, aye, i, you, me, say are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines aye is repeated).

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