This is an analysis of the poem There Is Nothing Like It that begins with:
I do the best I can to take heed to warnings.
And pay attention I try to do, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaXb acdeXXad fefdf XcdcXcdc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,8,5,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110111011010 110101101 0011101010100 101011110111 01100111101 1111100010 1111101 110011101 101 10101101111000 11101111010 10001010 1111 110110100 0111001 11011 11110 010100011010 10100010100110 01 100100101 0101001010001100 001001001 00100010101 0001011 101010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 225
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, i are repeated.
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- summary of There Is Nothing Like It;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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