This is an analysis of the poem Like Never Before that begins with:
I get to be who it is I am...
After digesting suggestions, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaabb bbaXXX acd dXXcbcdbeXeX cXaffXdbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,3,12,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110010011 10010010 110010 1010 00101 11101010 110110 11010 11110111 011111 111011100 101111111 1011 1101001 110011101 111100 101010 010111001 1110101010101 010010100010 1011100101 111101 1110110101 0110100011101 111110111 1 1110101 11010100111 1010111110 10001100101 0100111101 101011 1111101 10 11001
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 216
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 35
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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; i, my, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Like Never Before;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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