This is an analysis of the poem And Then No More that begins with:
I SAW her once, one little while, and then no more:
’Twas Eden’s light on Earth a while, and then no more. ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaaXa Aaaaaa AaaaXaXAaaaaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,13,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 110111011111 110111011111 010111010111 0110111011111 1111111111111 110111011111 110111011111 110111011111 110111011101 110111011111 010011011101 111101011111 110111011111 1111001011111 010111000101 110101011111 1101010011111 110101011111 110111011111 011101011111 111111011101 111111011111 111111011111 110101011111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 324
- Average number of words per stanza: 64
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; no, and, more, then, while, she, i, my, little are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The author used the same word i 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 more is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word more at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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