This is an analysis of the poem My Blessed Nothingness that begins with:

We live in some very mysterious days.
Humorous are some and complexed are others....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa bbX XXXabbXcaXdc dXd dXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,3,12,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011001001 100111100110 10101011110 110 11110001011 01 1 11100010 00100101 10001101010 101111101 00100110 1010100111010 1010101101010 110101 1010100 110100100 11111011100 101001001010111 01101 111001001 011100 11110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 156
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines nothing is repeated).

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

  • summary of My Blessed Nothingness;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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