Analysis of Nothing

John Boyd 1960 (Danville Va)



Nothing,
Has hurt me more.
Nothing,
Could even the score.

Nothing,
Could possibly see,
Nothing,
With or with out me.

Nothing,
In a consuming flame,
Nothing,
Could ever be the same.

Nothing,
Nothing,
Nothing,
Nothing.


Scheme AbAb AcAc AdAd AAAA
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 10 1111 10 11001 10 11001 10 11111 10 000101 10 110101 10 10 10 10
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 202
Words 35
Sentences 5
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 10
Words per line (avg) 2
Letters per stanza (avg) 42
Words per stanza (avg) 9

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How great is nothing?

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Written on July 24, 2021

Submitted by problemchildgrowup on September 01, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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John Boyd

Retired truck driver after 30 years experience. Student of family and relationships. more…

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