Analysis of No!

Thomas Hood 1799 (London) – 1845 (London)



No sun--no moon!
No morn--no noon!
No dawn--no dusk--no proper time of day--
No sky--no earthly view--
No distance looking blue--
No road--no street--no "t'other side this way"--
No end to any Row--
No indications where the Crescents go--
No top to any steeple--
No recognitions of familiar people--
No courtesies for showing 'em--
No knowing 'em!
No traveling at all--no locomotion--
No inkling of the way--no notion--
"No go" by land or ocean--
No mail--no post--
No news from any foreign coast--
No Park, no Ring, no afternoon gentility--
No company--no nobility--
No warmth, no cheerfulness, no healthful ease,
No comfortable feel in any member--
No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees,
No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds--
November!


Scheme AABCCBDDEEFFGGGHHIIJKJLK
Poetic Form
Metre 1111 1111 1111110111 111101 110101 11111110111 111101 101010101 1111010 11101010 11001101 1101 1100111010 110101110 1111110 1111 11110101 11111010100 110010100 11111101 11000101010 111111011 111101111 010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 735
Words 125
Sentences 5
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 24
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 547
Words per stanza (avg) 123
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 10, 2023

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Thomas Hood

Thomas Hood was a British humorist and poet. His son, Tom Hood, became a well known playwright and editor. more…

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