This is an analysis of the poem It Can Never Be Too Soon that begins with:

It can never be too soon,
To get or show love....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AB BXc BDcEC BDEFC ABEFC BDABeXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,3,5,5,5,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0110011 01111 101011 100111 00101000101 101011 1010111010 1010010 1001001 110100010 101011 1010111010 1001001 010010 110100010 0110011 01111 1001001 010010 110100010 101011 1010111010 0110011 01111 0100100001 10000001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 110
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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

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

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase love connects the lines.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of It Can Never Be Too Soon;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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