This is an analysis of the poem No Words To Express that begins with:

One day you will come to experience,
The pain others have known....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXc dadXca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110100100 011011 011110 1101 011111 110011101 11001 0111001 1100100110 111001010 01011 01001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 178
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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  • summary of No Words To Express;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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