This is an analysis of the poem Nobody Believes that begins with:
Nobody believes in love-
not even me....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: ab Cde Cdf Caghehg ifdf c hXfjhkjec kkgcgkdhcli kg bXklh ahXfehgggh ckae jXa hhhXhh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,3,3,7,4,1,9,11,2,5,10,4,3,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110101 1101 1001 11 01 1001 101 101 1001 1110 01010 01 011 100 111 10101 10001 01 11 1001 0111 101110 1100110 1001 1111 010 10101 011110 01 01101 01 011 10110 10001 100101 1010 0010 01001 01010 101 10101 01 101 110100 101 11010 1 101 0101 10 00111 1001 1 100010100 0101 0110 0110 11100 01 1111 0001 11111 01 11 0101 11 1 1 10
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 74
- Average number of words per stanza: 14
- Amount of lines: 69
- Average number of symbols per line: 15 (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; his is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, spring, thinking, this, his are repeated.
The author used the same words love, let at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines again is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases spring, again connect the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Nobody Believes;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
