This is an analysis of the poem Never To Be Burned Again that begins with:
You gave it.
I ate it....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AAB BbCD bBB BADB EA eB AAB BbCD bBB BADB eAEB eA EBD AAB BbCD EA eBD XADXADXAX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,3,4,2,2,3,4,3,4,4,2,3,3,4,2,3,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110 110 1111110 11 01 11 11101 010 1010 1100010 11 01 11 11101 1000101 1111101 1101101 10001010101 110 110 1111110 11 01 11 11101 010 1010 1100010 11 01 11 11101 11100101 1111101 11101101 10001010101 11100101 1111101 11101101 10001010101 11 110 110 1111110 11 01 11 11101 1000101 1111101 11101101 10001010101 11 1000110 1111101 11 1000110 1111101 11 1000110 1111101 1
- Amount of stanzas: 18
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 67
- Average number of words per stanza: 14
- Amount of lines: 62
- Average number of symbols per line: 19 (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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, to, not are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word not is repeated.
The author used the same word no at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word me at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Never To Be Burned Again;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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