This is an analysis of the poem Nothing Unusual that begins with:

They lived together thirty years,
I Through storm and sunshine, weal and woe;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaBcdcd eeeefdfd gbgBbaba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010100 111111111 11110111 11011101 11011111 01011101 01010001 01110101 11011100 11010011 11010111 11010101 10111111 01010111 10110101 01001101 11011101 11011101 01011111 11011101 11010111 01110111 11010111 11010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 286
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; and is repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Nothing Unusual;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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