This is an analysis of the poem Never To Forget Or To Give Up that begins with:

Keep those hopes and dreams alive.
Never to forget or to give up....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABXBCBCB DBdeBFFGB hhdc DBeBFFGBeBdB ABFFGBCBCBE IBeBE IBXBE
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,9,4,12,11,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111101 100011011 110010101 100011011 10 100011011 10 100011011 11101101 100011011 1 101001001 100011011 10 100011010 010 100011011 1110111 11011101 1 0110101 11101101 100011011 1101001001 100011011 10 100011010 010 100011011 1 100011011 01 100011011 1111101 100011011 10 100011010 010 100011011 10 100011011 10 100011011 0111 11 100011011 1 100011011 0111 11 100011011 11 100011011 0111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 185
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; to is repeated.

    The author used the same words keep, hold 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 words up, go 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 To Forget Or To Give Up;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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