This is an analysis of the poem No One But Them Knows that begins with:
Discussed to magnify,
But no one but them knows....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABBBB BCBDDDeBFeBfeBDDD BGBHbXXXe BFeBf BGBBHBDDD BCBDDDXABB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,17,9,5,9,10,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010101 111101 11101 11101 11101 11101 0101110 11101 1011101 1011001 1010101 1 11101 010011 1 11101 11101 1 11101 1011101 1011001 1010101 11101 011000100 11101 101110100 111101 11010111 1 1011101 10001 11101 010011 1 11101 1110101 11101 011000100 11101 11101 101110100 11101 1011101 1011001 1010101 11101 0101110 11101 1011101 1011001 1010101 010101 111101 11101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 197
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 54
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; but, no, one, them, knows, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word no is repeated.
The author used the same word no 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 knows is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word cry at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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