This is an analysis of the poem A Memory that begins with:
DOWN dropped the sun upon the sea,
The gradual darkness filled the land ;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXa aXaX bbbb ccccXaaaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010101 010010101 01011100 11010001 10111101 00011111 11010101 11010101 111100111 1100111001 100100101 10011101 01010101 11110101 101100101 10110101 11010101 10011111 11011101 11010001
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, many, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
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- summary of A Memory;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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