This is an analysis of the poem Never The Same And Always Changing that begins with:

You never mentioned that you had it deep.
And there were some nights you couldn't sleep....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AAbBB CAbBB ddeEFEF AAbBB EFEFgBB CAbEFgBB EFgBB FgBB FgBBXFBB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,7,5,7,8,5,4,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101011101 110111101 1 111 11011011 1101011101 0110101111 1 111 11011011 11110111 111011 110 11101010 100111110 11101010 100111110 1101011101 110111101 1 111 11011011 11101010 100111110 11101010 100111110 1 111 11011011 1101011101 0110101111 1 11101010 100111110 1 111 11011011 11101010 100111110 1 111 11011011 1100111110 1 111 11011011 1100111110 1 111 11011011 100111110 111 11011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 53
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, like are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words you, you're at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word cat at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Never The Same And Always Changing;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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