This is an analysis of the poem Nor Look Behind that begins with:

Remember Lot's wife
How like a woman in a barren field... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabcbcXXcdaadda
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 01011 1101000101 1101010 1101 10110 1010001 010 011 01 010101 011101 111101 11 11 01
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 279
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 18 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Nor Look Behind;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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