This is an analysis of the poem Nothing In Common that begins with:
You and I have nothing in common.
When I look to the sky, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCDEEEF XXXXfXXX ABCDEEEFXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,10,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111110010 111001 11111 11011110 1110101011 0101001011 0011000101001 0010 10100110101100 01011 1010011010100 1101 0100111110 0010110010001 110111101 111110011011 111110010 111001 11111 11011110 1110101011 0101001011 0011000101001 0010 111010101011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 218
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.
The author used the same word you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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