This is an analysis of the poem Never To See Or Hear Her that begins with:

Never to see or hear her,
never to name her aloud,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABaa ccaa addaXABad
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001110 1001001 1100110110 110 01011110010 010110 1111010100 1010 010010010100 11000101 1110111 11010 1001110 1001001 10011110110 1101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 120
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; her, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words never, to are repeated.

    The author used the same word to 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 her, tears are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word her at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Never To See Or Hear Her;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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