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

I have had not one word from her
Frankly I wish I were dead....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aX bXX cbX dca ead aXX aeX Xa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,3,3,3,3,3,3,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111100 1011101 11111 011110 101010 0110111000 1111010 101011 11111011 010111 01101010 1101000111 10100010 1010011 10101111 11111 111110 111111010 111010 100011 1111001011 10 110
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 74
  • Average number of words per stanza: 13
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of No Word;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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