This is an analysis of the poem There Is No Such Thing that begins with:
There is no such thing,
As an always....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCbdbcb EfGHhdh EHBXbee ABCb EHBEfGHbBI EffhBIXAheeBI
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,7,7,4,10,13,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10111 1111 1001 11 1101001 11 101001 11 101011101 010 100101010111 010111001 101001100 0111010 1101 101011101 11 00100101000 0110111 1101010 100101 1010111101 10111 1111 1001 11 101011101 11 00100101000 101011101 010 100101010111 010111001 01 0100010 010001 101011101 010 11110 1 0100010 010001 10111 1111 011101010 1 0100010 010001
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 163
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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; to is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word reality is repeated.
The author used the same word people at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word live at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of There Is No Such Thing;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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