This is an analysis of the poem You Are Nobody With Claims To Make that begins with:

You are nobody,
With claims to make......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDE CDF eggeechXi ABCDE CDF XeejX d k ddke gef Ced jeggC DDDec hghkjXccl cXffgkceccl gimkX c Xlgif fl mX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,3,9,5,3,5,1,1,4,3,3,5,5,9,11,5,1,5,2,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111 0101 0111101 011 1101001 10111110 1110010 01011 1101011 10011101100 01110 110111 011010001111 10101101 11010 1110 111011 11111 0101 0111101 011 1101001 10111110 1110010 01011 110010001000 0010111010 111011 00101000100 00101001010100 1111011010010 11 01111010101010 101111 1011101 01001001111 10001101 11100100 011111101 011101010110 10111001 0110 100110100 1110101110100 11 11110100010 011101010110 101 101 101 1011010110 00100 101 11110110010010 1000101010100 01111001011 010100100 01101000110101 111 101 11101010011110 1100110101 1101010010101 0110010111 1 100100 1110101100111 010101100001 11110111001101 0101100101011 1001 001010101010 111011000101011 11 1101 11 11110011 101 111010 1011010 11010 10100101001 00010 11111010 1100010010110 11 111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 20
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 87
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; to is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words carry, i 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.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines on is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.

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  • summary of You Are Nobody With Claims To Make;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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