This is an analysis of the poem With, No Investment Made that begins with:

There is not a lot,
To be fiddled in the middle....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbda XefcgbXh fgdXeaaeha
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,8,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101 00100010 10100100001 1101011010 00100010 110100111 0 10101 0100111010111 01011010011 10100100111 11 0101000 1110101 0110111 1001 1111010 01001001001 0100100101 1 111010101 010101 111010101 010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 245
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; with, no are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word a is repeated.

    The author used the same word with at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of With, No Investment Made;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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