This is an analysis of the poem Nostalgic With No Gift To Innovate that begins with:
Nostalgic with no gift to innovate.
And experiencing unintended consequences, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABBB XXbX caaa aabd ABBB X bbbeb X XbaXac daXbe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,1,5,1,6,5,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0100110101 10100010101010 0011110111 10110010110101 10110 0010001000111 0001001010 110010101001 1101100010 11101 010010001001 1010111001001 10110100110101 110011100101 11111000010010101 1111000100101 0100110101 10100010101010 0011110111 10110010110101 111101110111 11 01110101010001010 10111001100101 001111 11011 1111010101 1 1 0111010101010 10101001011 11100100010 0101 11 10100110101 11010 1111010 100010
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 38
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, ones are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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