This is an analysis of the poem No Matter What The Weather Shows that begins with:

I've got you.
You've got me....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: ABCd ABCd EDCDED abed abd EDCDEDed FDD FDD dD ABCdXdaDD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,6,4,3,8,3,3,2,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111 111 111 1 111 111 111 11 0101110 011 0101110 011 0101010 011 1111 11111 1010 1111 11111 1111 1110100011 0101110 011 0101110 011 0101010 011 1101010 111 11110 111010101 0101100011 11110 111010101 0101100011 01011001 011 111 111 111 1 11010101 01010111 0101100011 0101100011
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 95
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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; got, we, together are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, together are repeated.

    The author used the same words i've, storm 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 dreams is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word dreams at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.

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

  • summary of No Matter What The Weather Shows;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar