This is an analysis of the poem I'Ve Never Trusted Before that begins with:

Can you tell I've never,
Trusted before? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCABCABC AdC ABCABCABC ADC ABCABCABCADC C ABbC ABbCXABbC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,3,9,3,12,1,4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111110 1001 11011110 111110 1001 111011110 111110 1001 111011110 1011110 1111001 11001100111 111110 1001 111011110 111110 1001 111011110 111110 1001 111011110 1011110 111001 11001100111 111110 1001 11011110 111110 1001 111011110 111110 1001 111011110 1011110 111001 11001100111 1001100111 111110 1001 1 1001100111 111110 1001 1 1001100111 111110 1001 1 1001100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 49
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you is repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines too is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word too at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of I'Ve Never Trusted Before;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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