This is an analysis of the poem Nothing And Something that begins with:
It is nothing to me, the beauty said,
With a careless toss of her pretty head;... full text
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: aabbccaa aaddbbee aaeeffgg aaXhiibb aaaaggaa jjbbXaahh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0010010101 0010100101 010101101 001110101 0110000100 101010101 111010111 1100101001 0010010101 111111101 001010111 111111001 01100011101 001011101 110100101 010101111 0010010111 0011010111 111010111 111111111 011001101011 0100111001 110010111 1010100101 0010010101 1100101101 010010111 111110111 011001110010 01010010010 0100101101 1011100101 0010010101 010101101 110110101 11011101 0110010101 1010010101 101010111 110011101 0010110101 1010011101 010011100 110110101 0010111101 10111101 01010111 1010111001
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 275
- Average number of words per stanza: 55
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, i, of, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, i, a are repeated.
The author used the same word it 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 Nothing And Something;
- 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.
More information about poems by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
- Analysis of Jamie's Puzzle
- Analysis of To The Union Savers Of Cleveland
- Analysis of The Pure In Heart Shall See God
