This is an analysis of the poem Nothing I Could Say that begins with:
I remember the first time,
I confronted someone......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabc dabcb eacfceX fedgf Xg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,7,5,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010011 101011 0100010 1001101 1100100 0010010 100010 01011 1001010 011 111101 1101010 101110101 111111010 11111100 110111001 1110111 11101111 10110011010 110100 110101 10100101 10100
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 23
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; you, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The author used the same word i 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 Nothing I Could Say;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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