Analysis of Never
Doug Haberman 1959 (Albuquerque, NM)
I never loved how snow
Makes the landscape more pristine
Or how flowers burst in colors
Amid a meadow’s green
I never loved to see
Lightning split the sky in two
And I never, never, never
Loved you
I never loved a quiet dinner
Wine and candlelight
Or holding hands on an empty beach
On a dreamy, moonlit night
I never loved a close-held dance
To set the perfect mood
And I never, never, never
Loved you
We fool ourselves so easily
We fool ourselves, and how
Was I doing it for all those years?
Am I doing it right now?
The need is deep to wash away
The presence of the past
When it turns out nothing’s what it seems
When it turns out nothing lasts
I never loved the intimacy
Of arms around my waist
Or imagining the look the world
Must see upon my face
I never loved the way love feels
When there’s no doubt it’s true
And I never, never, never
Loved you
Scheme | xaxabcDC dexexxDC bfxfxxxx bxxxxcDC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110111 101110 11101010 01011 110111 1010101 01101010 11 110101010 1010 110111101 101011 11010111 110011 01101010 11 110011100 1100101 111011111 1110111 01111101 010101 111110111 1111101 110101000 110111 101000101 110111 11010111 111111 01101010 11 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 864 |
Words | 173 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 168 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
About this poem
The speaker of this poem has lost a longtime love and now questions if it was ever real.
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Written on July 25, 2022
Submitted by DougHaberman on July 25, 2022
Modified on April 26, 2023
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