This is an analysis of the poem Never Had A Dream To Drive A Caddy that begins with:

I've stopped adulterous...
Unemotional, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcccdDEDECCDCaaXcfGX GGX dDEDECCDCfGXGGX bXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,3,15,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110100 10100 101111 11101 0101 100101 110111 0111 01010111 111001 00111 1001001 111010 0110 10100101 11101 0111 01010111 11101 01 01 010 11101101 01 010 110111 0111 01010111 111001 00111 1001001 111010 0110 10100101 1110101 01 010 11101101 01 010 1 010000100100011 10010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 238
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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.

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  • summary of Never Had A Dream To Drive A Caddy;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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