This is an analysis of the poem No None Going On that begins with:
What is the difference,
Of maintaining good health......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABACC ABACC DEfECCGC ABACGCXABACGC DEfECCGCGXDEfECCGCGACGCGACGCGCGC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,8,13,32,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100100 001001 1100 110101 110101 100100 001001 1100 110101 111101 1010111101 111 1 101011111 01110101 11101 1111 11101 100100 001001 1100 110101 1111 11101 10 100100 001001 1100 111101 1111 11101 1010111101 111 1 101011111 01110101 11101 1111 11101 1111 1010111101 111 1 101011111 01110101 11101 1111 11101 1111 100100 11000101 111 1000101 1111 100100 11000101 111 1000101 1111 11101 1111 11101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 227
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 62
- Average number of symbols per line: 21 (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; no is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words when, no are repeated.
The author used the same words what, lazy 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 on is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word on 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 no connects the lines.
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- summary of No None Going On;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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