This is an analysis of the poem The Death Of Goody Nurse that begins with:
The chill New England sunshine
Lay on the kitchen floor; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: abcb dbab dede fafa bcXc gbbb cchc ifXf dibX abhb hcbc gcXc Xjaj aXgc bghg ahch cbdb caha fcfc igfg cbcb iici ccdc dkak biXi gchc iegeXgcgc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0111011 110101 0111011 1100101 11011101 100101 1111010 010111 01011101 010111 11110101 010101 01011101 010101 11001110 1100111 01110101 010101 01110100 010101 11110111 011101 01010101 110101 11110101 010111 11110100 110010 11010101 110111 11110101 0101001 0101010 110001 01111101 110110 111101011 010101 11110101 010101 11100101 0110011 11110101 010101 10111111 110101 11011101 010011 11010101 011101 11111111 001111 11110111 010111 11001101 110111 11000111 110111 11011101 011101 010111001 010001 11010101 010101 110010001 010111 11000101 110111 110101001 1111010 01111101 0111010 01011100 110111 11011111 110111 11010101 110001 11010101 011111 11010101 110101 11011101 110101 01110101 011101 11010101 110101 11010111 110101 110110101 0100111 11010101 110111 11010101 110111 11010101 110101 01110101 010101 01010101 0100101 01111100 110101 01011100 010101 01010111 110101 11110110 111111 01010101 11010011
- Amount of stanzas: 28
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 112
- 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:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her, as, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, they, her are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Death Of Goody Nurse;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
