This is an analysis of the poem The Nameless One that begins with:

Last night a hand pushed on the door
And tirled at the pin....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBCXXdbbbBXXXdd aeXeeabaBXaBCXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101 110101 11111001 111111 111111 11011101 111101 11010001 101101 101101 11011111 100111 11000101 1100101 110101 11010101 110101 01010101 111101 110001 11010101 110111 11110011 101101 1011010 11010101 110101 11111001 111111 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 442
  • Average number of words per stanza: 90
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ', gone, paradise, play are repeated).

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

  • summary of The Nameless One;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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