This is an analysis of the poem Love Was Never There To Trust that begins with:
How long...
Do you think we can carry on, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCABb ADCceb fFgghf feggdh ABCABb ADCcbb fFbdddd bgXcb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,7,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11 11111101 001011110 010 1111001 01 11 00111101 101111 1100010 1110001 01 1 1111001 10110011 1111010 010 11010111 11 111101 101111 01011 111101 01 11 11111101 001011110 010 1111001 01 11 00111101 101111 1100110 011101 01 111 1111001 1110011110 01 01111111 11110101 01 1101 01 110 1101110 1101110001
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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; why, we are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words why, and, before are repeated.
The author used the same word how at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases why, before connect the lines.
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