This is an analysis of the poem Never Catch Me...You Will, Not! that begins with:

Never catch me...
You will, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABcCdccX ABcec fecghci iefi ccggief ABcCeX idhciXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,5,7,4,7,6,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011 10 1 01101100 11000010 11010011100 11101 1010100100 1011 10 1 0101110 1110001 11111011110 111010 0110110 11101001 001000 001110001001 001100100100 1111001010 1111101 00010 01010111 111110001 0101101111 11010110101010 1111011010 11111001010 11101001 111100 1011 10 1 01101100 1001 1100011 1100101010 11 111111110 11000110 111101001 0000111101110 1001111100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 177
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; i is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

    The author used the same word never at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Never Catch Me...You Will, Not!;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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