This is an analysis of the poem Nothing Left In You To Believe that begins with:

Cleverly done,
But your tactics are insignifcant....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXbaba cXc adeaaaa AddbXef XbXb AXfda ggdbgda
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,3,7,7,4,5,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001 111011000 010110 101001 1010011 101110 110111 1101110110 0011001001010 101010 01 011100 11101010 101011 0010010 1101001010 1001 1110101011 111011001 1111110 10000111011 0011010 0110101011 111001111 101101 101110010 11100101 1001 1111000 1101 111111001 0010010 1010101001 1101111001 100101 0101011 11101011001 01011 1111101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 173
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; they is repeated.

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

  • summary of Nothing Left In You To Believe;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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