This is an analysis of the poem You Who Never Arrived that begins with:

You who never arrived
in my arms, Beloved, who were lost ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcdXebaXecfg XbXbgfbcaXXed
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111001 011010101 001 1110111 1111110110 01011001010 01101001 10001011101 1110101101 10101001 111001101 10001001 1101101 11010011 1010111 010111011 1011010 001011111 1110011 1111001 111110110 101001010 011001101 1011111010 110101 1101101 1011010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 466
  • Average number of words per stanza: 83
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is repeated.

    The author used the same word you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of You Who Never Arrived;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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