This is an analysis of the poem Nirvana that begins with:

not much chance,
completely cut loose from...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abacadefghiijkidXiljdlicjcjmbkjiknjcgXgdihhkoboimeimekibjCghecjdaghaXjppiCgXkioikoefqggdnCfjiifqofddcdidf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 105,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111 010110 10 11011 1001 111010 101011 100101 1011 101001 001 10100 10 111010 0010 11010 1100 011 11000 0 10 10 0101 01010 11 1 111010 110100 1011 00 0111 101 0110 01 100 1 10 1 0111 0110 10 11001 0101 010 010010 111 1101 1 100 1 10111 1100 1 10110 10100 1011 01 011 1111 1111 1 11 11110 010000 1 1101 111001 101 10 1011 1101 1010 01 011 11 100 11010 100 10 0101 110 10 1 0100 1 111 10 0 10 011 1010 11 10 1 0100 1 1110 101 101000 100 10 0100 10 00 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1442
  • Average number of words per stanza: 269
  • Amount of lines: 105
  • Average number of symbols per line: 13 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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

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

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

  • summary of Nirvana;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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