This is an analysis of the poem Nothing But Color that begins with:

I didn't write Etsuko,
I sliced her open....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabcdefghaicchadjhb jjekXcXckeacjaljmnifjembbfhnjlaaeedacfjgblacjX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,46,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101100 11010 111001 1011 110 110010110 111111 110010101110 111 1110110 11111010 11111101 10100101 11001111 11101101 0110 1110010010 10011 100011101 111111101 11101101001 11111110 101111010111 111101101101 10111 111111110100 101 11011111 0101010110 11010 1101010 11010 1010101100 11111101 1100011 101 111011 01100010010 1101011011 11010011 001010 0011010100111 11101101 111100110110 1111 10111001 111011001011011 1101110 00111111 11011100010 1110101 1111010 1010111010 11110010 111110101 0101101 1111001101 1110111 1111 10010 10100 101101 110 001 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1015
  • Average number of words per stanza: 194
  • Amount of lines: 65
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, it, to, your are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Nothing But Color;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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