This is an analysis of the poem You Never Knew that begins with:
You never knew...
From Sunrise to Sunset, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Aba XcX AaXbbXcXcb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,10,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 1101 011011 10110101 11011 1111 010011100 1101 11110111 00101011111 1011 00111 111110001 01100110 110010010 11100100
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 101
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; you, your are repeated.
The author used the same word you 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 You Never Knew;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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