This is an analysis of the poem Nothing Like It To Compare that begins with:

Healing from both illness and sorrow,
With a doing of it successfully......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXX baccX acXbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 100110110 0010000100 1011011 0101001000010 101010001 11010 110000100 11011010 0101 11100100111 11010100101 1101010 1101000110110 1001001001010 10101010010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 185
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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.

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  • summary of Nothing Like It To Compare;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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