This is an analysis of the poem Never Together Again that begins with:

I am not like you,
And you are just like that....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABcXcbdbbb ABXXbb AcdeXd AbbcXa ABfXdbg ABEgXaXABEffd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,6,6,6,7,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111 111111 11101 1110110 1111101 10101 11010 0111101 11010 11010 11111 111111 11001100 1110001 011101 01110101 11111 1101101 111010010 001011 1011010 0111101 11111 1110011 11101010 11110101 0111 11 11111 111111 10 1010001 100010100010 11011001 0110 1111 111111 1101111 11011 0011010001 010110101 1111 111111 1101111 1100100010010 10010 01
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 47
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (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, i, to, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, to are repeated.

    The author used the same word i 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, you are repeated).

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  • summary of Never Together Again;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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