This is an analysis of the poem Never Diminished that begins with:
At no time have my eyes ever wandered too far,
To stray from that which I wished and wanted....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABcXXXdbeb ABcaebfefed
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,11,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111111101011 0101111110 111010000111001 1011010 101011110001 11001011 1010101 111100101010 1111011011 01111101100010 111111101011 0101111110 11001011 11010101101 0100010111010 11101011010111 100111010 11011100010 11011100010 111111100010 11110110011011
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 457
- Average number of words per stanza: 91
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, i, my, and, dream are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word my is repeated.
The author used the same word at at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Never Diminished;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar
- Analysis of Provoked But Motivated
- Analysis of 'Ours' To Be Had
- Analysis of To Know It Is To Feel It To See It To Believe
