This is an analysis of the poem Death Is Nothing At All that begins with:

Death is nothing at all.
I have only slipped away to the next room.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcde bfgXX hdfgihh hiXgh caed aXh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,7,5,4,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 101011 11101010011 1111111 110100110 1111 111110101 10100101 11111 111000011 111100100110 111111 10101101010 11101111 1110100111 10111 100100101 0101001110 11110101 000110101 1010101010100 1110101 0111101 1111011 11100 11101 101010 101 1001100111101100101011010100010010101010101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, it, all are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Death Is Nothing At All;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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