This is an analysis of the poem I Hardly Remember that begins with:

I hardly remember your voice, but the pain of you
floats in some remote current of my blood....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXX XXcb daXe fcfg bhdc fccX gcXc hfgc XXff eXg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1100101110101 1010110011 11010111001 11011001010011 01011000101 01101101111 01011010011100 1100100100101001 01011101101 11111111011 101100011100 1011101010010 111000101 01001000101010 1110101111 111110010011 101100101001 0101010010010 01110010100 0111000101 11110111011 0111001101100 101100010011 0010101001001 11011101101 111111011 11111011001 1011010111 111010110010 1011111101 10010100101 110010001010 0101100010010 01001100101 11011010111 101010011001 010110010 010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 161
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, of, your are repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

  • summary of I Hardly Remember;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!