This is an analysis of the poem Memory and Hope that begins with:

I rebehold you, O belovéd Dead
About these doors and windows gatheréd;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaaaa bbXccX ddbXceXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 110011101 011111010 0111111101 11000111010 11011101010 1111011101 11110100100 1111111101 1101001101 11111100110 01101101010 010101111000 1101110111 0101011111 1110111110 011110011110 11111110110 0101100100 01011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 200
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; not is repeated.

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  • summary of Memory and Hope;
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  • history of its creation;
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