This is an analysis of the poem Nothing's Free that begins with:
You've got to know...
Life becomes what it is to be....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: ABbcX ABbcd ADEEFDEEF ACCgHXIXI CCgHXI Aeieee AIXIIX AIXiIX Ajjcca
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,9,9,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101 10110000 11110101 101110110 110110101 1101 10110000 101011101 1101110110 1011101 1101 1011101010 010010011 11111101 1001111 1011101010 010010011 11111101 1001111 1101 10100101 11111101 11111101 1111011 11111 011 11111 011 10100101 11111101 1111101 1111011 11111 011 1101 1011101 11110101 010110101 11011101 101011 1101 11 11 011 11 11 1101 11 11 101 11 11 1101 101101010 0101010 11010010 001 01
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 58
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; what, tick, 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've at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same words tock, tocks at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Nothing's Free;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
