This is an analysis of the poem No One Misses To Do To Dismiss that begins with:

No one misses a distance,
They have yet to travel....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbab XXbcb aXXcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 1110010 111010 110010000 00100101 110110101 1110 100111 0010110101 001010010 010110100 1111001001 11010110 01101000010 0011 0110010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 152
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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.

    The author used the same word no at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

  • summary of No One Misses To Do To Dismiss;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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