This is an analysis of the poem No Name that begins with:

“A stone upon her heart and head,
But no name written on that stone;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab X acac dede fdfd ghgh ibib dcdc jcjc ibi b kfkf dXde bgbg kXkc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,3,1,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01010111 11110111 11010101 01010101 1010 1010111111 010010101 1111111011 11111100111 1101110111 0110101101 110101111 100110101 1111111111 011110111 11111001011 1010111111 1110101101 110100101 11111111011 111111001 1110100111 1110110101 1111111011 11101111001 101100111 0010011101 101110101 111101111 110101111 1111100101 110110101 11111100111 0011101111 11111001001 1111111001 11111011001 00111111011 01111110111 1111110101 1110100111 0110100101 0010110100 1010111111 111010111 1111011101 111101101 10101011111 1110100111 1100100101 1111110101 110111111 1111100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 150
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; your, you, i, he, me, and, we, his are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, and are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of No Name;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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