This is an analysis of the poem Jangling Memory that begins with:
Heavens above! here's an old tie of your--
Sea-green dragons stamped on a golden ground.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXa Xaa bXa XXb XXaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1001111101 1110110101 11111111010011 1111010101 11010011010 1111111111110 100110111010 1100111001011 111111110010110 10111000010100 10001110110110 1111110111010 1001011110010 1000010010100 1111111111101 1
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; ha is repeated.
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- summary of Jangling Memory;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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