This is an analysis of the poem No Man's Land that begins with:

Not to an angel but a friend
He turned at the day's bitter end....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcc aaddcc eedXff aagghh aaiiXh gXiiaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110101 11101101 01110001 11110111 101110101 11110011 01011101 110011011 11010001 10110111 10111101 10111101 011011001 11110111 11110111 001101100 01111111 11010101 11011100 11010101 10110111 01110101 110100101 101110101 11010001 11010111 01111011 01010111 111101110 10110111 10011101 01100101 10110011 10010101 11110101 01110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 208
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • 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; to, him, denis are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of No Man's Land;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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