This is an analysis of the poem Remembrance that begins with:

How dear to me the twilight hour!
It breathes, it speaks of pleasures past;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eaea afaf ggXg eheh biXi jcjc gkgk lglX bfbf bhbh mfmf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 110101110 01010101 110101010 110010101 11011111 11010101 11011111 11011101 01010111 010111010 11010101 010101010 111101110 01010111 110101010 10010111 11010101 01010111 110110001 110110001 10110111 110100101 11111101 01111111 10010111 01011111 110110110 110010101 110110001 11010101 11010101 11011101 010111001 11110101 01110101 11010101 11011101 01010101 11011111 11111110 11110101 11011111 01011101 11111101 11111111 11011101 110100101 11110101 10110101 010100111 11010101 11110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; it, her, to, she, as are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word she is repeated.

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  • summary of Remembrance;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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