This is an analysis of the poem Memory that begins with:
Maiden of the lofty brow,
Mournful eye and cheek of snow;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddccbbXeddffgghhhh iiXdbbaXbbddiieeccbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,18,20,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1000101 1011101 1110101 1010001 111111 1110101 10001111 1010101 0010111 110100101 1010101 1011101 1010100 10100111 110010111 01010101 10100101 11110101 110010101 100101001 1110101 1111101 1110101 1010101 1010111 1010111 110101010 11010101 11010101 0010101 01010111 01011101 11010101 11010001 1010101 100100101 10011001 10010101 00101110 010111010 11110101 11110111 1010101 1110101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 485
- Average number of words per stanza: 84
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words tell, and are repeated.
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- summary of Memory;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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