Analysis of To Never Explain
Within every verse,
many meanings reside
The reader determines
in which couplet you hide
The words both descriptive
with colors aglow
The eyes as important
as what the ears know
When backed in a corner,
don’t ever explain
Words beckon discovery,
refusing one name
The same reader may leave
with a differing view
Each time he goes over
and finds something new
A question once opened
can never be closed
And verse penned inherent
forever to know
With time of no consequence,
your poetry waits
For the next searching pilgrim
—your words to relate
(Rosemont Pennsylvania: May, 2019)
| Scheme | XA XA XB CB DX XX XE DE XX CB XX XX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (24%) |
| Metre | 011001 101001 010010 01111 011010 11001 011010 11011 110010 11001 1100100 01011 011011 101001 111110 01101 010110 11011 011010 01011 1111100 11001 1011010 11101 10101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 583 |
| Words | 98 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 13 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 25 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 36 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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