This is an analysis of the poem No More that begins with:
I was always alone
both body and soul...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcXc XdaXa ccebX cecXX fedXf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101 11011 1011101 0111111 1111101 11110010 110101 100101 1010110 1011111 1111 11111 010011 0101 0101001 1111 110101 0010011 11011011 111011 11001 010111 1101 011 001011
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 112
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word a is repeated.
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- summary of No More;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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