This is an analysis of the poem It Was Never Intended that begins with:

It was never intended,
For communities to build fences......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABB CDEX XdeeX abb ABB CDE abafbf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,5,3,3,3,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0110010 101000110 001110101 100101 01010100 0100110110 100100001001011 110 010100 10101010 1101001000 0011000101 0101001101 10101 1001101 0110010 101000110 001110101 100101 01010100 0100110110 1 00100001101 11010101 0110101010 0010101110 11011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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.

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

  • summary of It Was Never Intended;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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