This is an analysis of the poem No Hope that begins with:

I am left with no hope at all,
No possibility to reach my goal,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa bb Xb cX dd bc bX Xc XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101111 1101000111 0101101 11110101111111 11100100100110 111110010 1110101010 10111011011 11101 111111011 110101110101 11110111111 11100101 0110110111 111010100111 1111011111 011101010110 11001010110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 82
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, my are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of No Hope;
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