This is an analysis of the poem Ever The Same Again that begins with:

Ever the same again,
My lost Truth rediscovered....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbA AbAXAbA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100101 1110010 100101 100101 10101010 100101 100101 11101 100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 68
  • Average number of words per stanza: 12
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; ever, same, again are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word ever 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 again is repeated).

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

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

  • summary of Ever The Same Again;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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