This is an analysis of the poem First Memory that begins with:
Long ago, I was wounded. I lived
to revenge myself...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbXXbbaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101111011 00111 011101 1111 11110001001 01111 111 1111 0111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 210
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 9
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word for is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines loved is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of First Memory;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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