This is an analysis of the poem Mr Nobody that begins with:

I know a funny little man,
As quiet as a mouse,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbcde bfbfXcae Xghghcde fhXhbcXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 110101 11010101 010101 11110101 111101 110011111 110111 11111111 111101 11010011 110101 11010111 010011 11010001 110111 111101010 110101 01011101 110101 01011101 110111 11110001 110111 01010101 110111 110101100 010101 01110101 110111 11111101 010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 225
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; our is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word nobody at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Mr Nobody;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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