This is an analysis of the poem Memory that begins with:
A pen--to register; a key--
That winds through secret wards ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXX bcbc aXaa dede efef gbgb hihhi
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010001 111101 11010100 110001 110101010 010001 1100100110 010101 11110101 0100110 11010001 110101 11010101 110001 11010111 010101 11111111 010001 11110001 111101 010011101 010101 11000101 010101 01111111 01011100 11010111 01010111 0111110100
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; that is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Memory;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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