This is an analysis of the poem To Never Again Be Continued that begins with:
There are limits to playing one's fool.
And the odds are against, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABXbc ABbbX Xbdee XdfaXXcbfad
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,11,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111001011 101101 01010010 00100 01010010 111001011 101101 01101010101 01101001 0101011111 010001010 1010101 100100010 010010010 1010110010 11011101 111011101 1100010101001 11011101010 0001000100101 01 0010011000001001 111100010 111001010010 1111011010
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; has, to are repeated.
The author used the same word there at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of To Never Again Be Continued;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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