This is an analysis of the poem No One So Much As You that begins with:

No one so much as you
Loves this my clay, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab acac dada cece afaf cgcg hihi jfjf XXddXcfcf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111 1011 110111 0101 111111 11111 110111 1111 110111 1111 101111 10011 111100 1111 010111 1101 111111 1111 110101 1111 111101 1101 010101 1011 111101 11010 101111 10010 111101 1111 111101 00111 101001 1000 100111 1101 010101 0101 010101 10001
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 85
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word we is repeated.

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  • summary of No One So Much As You;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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