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

Since you remember Nimmo, and arrive
At such a false and florid and far drawn ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab bcbc dcdc efef cbcb bcbc dghX iiii fbfb djhj bfbf agag cjcj dcdc gkgk ebeb ldld gmgm
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101010101 1101110111 0100110101 1101111111 1101111101 1100010101 1111011111 1110010101 1111111101 1110110101 1100110101 1101010101 1101011111 1111000101 11001100101 0110110101 1101011101 11011011101 11001010101 1110011110 1111011111 1101010101 0101111101 0101111111 1111110011 1101111110 1101010001 1100110100 0111111111 1111110101 01011010101 111101111 1101011101 1111000101 100011101 1101010101 0101010011 0101001111 1101010101 11011010101 1110011110 0100110101 1111010001 1101111111 1111111111 0111110001 1101111101 0111111111 1111101111 1101010101 0101100001 0101011111 1111110111 1111011101 1111111101 10110010001 1111110111 1111111111 1111011101 1111110101 1101010111 0111111111 1001011001 01011110001 1001111101 01110100101 1111110100 1111110101 1111111101 0101111001 1101010111 1101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 18
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 72
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, or, you, see, as, i, him, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words so, remember, and, i, the, god are repeated.

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

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

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

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