This is an analysis of the poem No News From The War that begins with:

I.— At The Camp.
'IS she sitting in the meadow... full text

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: X abcb deXX dfgf hhdX a fgfg ieie fjfj iXiX c jgjg jkjk hjhj ejeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101 11100011 1011001 10101010 10011 10111110 100111 00101110 11100 10111110 1001111 11101111 11111 10101110 0100111 111110100 011011 10011 1101111101 1101111101 11010110101 011111 1111011111 1111111001 1111111101 111101 1011110101 1011010101 10110011101 110101 1111110101 1110111101 1111110111 111111 10010100010 1111010111 1001110111 0101010111 00110010101 0111010010 1111110111 1100100111 1101101111 0101110101 11111111001 0111010101 0101001101 1111010101 1111110101 0101011111 1100110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 110
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; now, my, how, to are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word 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 No News From The War;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Augusta Davies Webster