This is an analysis of the poem Nothing Missed that begins with:
Where is that 'was' we once had...
Then left behind....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXXb XXaXb CDbb CDXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011111 1101 111110111 1 1110110 110101110011 11100100101 0101110110 0100100111100 101110011011 11011111101 010100 1100 0101110101 11011111101 010100 101001010 10101001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 153
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; that, to are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Nothing Missed;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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