This is an analysis of the poem Nothing At All In The Paper Today that begins with:

Nothing at all in the paper today!
Only a murder somewhere or other;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: AbabcdcdaA AdadceceaA AXaXfgfgaAXAeaeeaeaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,21,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1011001001 1001011110 011110101 11001111010 1010101001 00101001010 101111001 10101001110 1101001001 11011001001 1011001001 001101010010 1100111101 00101001010 111101101 100110001010 1101110101 11001010010 1101011001 11011001001 11011001001 01110110010 111111111 1101001110 1010111101 10101001010 01101001110 0111011010 11100011001 11011001001 1011001001 101110011100 110100101 01010110100 110110101 110110101 1100111001 11010111111 111111010011 111011001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 419
  • Average number of words per stanza: 79
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • 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; all, in, nothing, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words or, there's, but, and are repeated.

    The author used the same word nothing at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

    The poet repeated the same word today at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

  • summary of Nothing At All In The Paper Today;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Anonymous Americas