This is an analysis of the poem No Lines At All that begins with:
I once 'starred' in a play.
Some years ago....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbXb XXaccdbXdbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,11,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 1110001 1001 1100110 01101 0111110001 1111001010 101011 0011001 1101010 0111010 11111 11010101 111010 1010101000 0111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of No Lines At All;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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