This is an analysis of the poem That Which Has Never Existed that begins with:

Deprive them the ability to afford their dreams.
And pretensions to protect....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXccc aXXXcXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0100010000111 1010001 0100100111010 1101011001 1100100010101 0010011101001 11110101 0010111001 01010010011010 101001000010001 10100010010 111011110100 011110010 1001000010 10101010 1110011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 346
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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

  • summary of That Which Has Never Existed;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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