This is an analysis of the poem Memory that begins with:
I.
Clear water; [stinging] like the salt of a child's tears, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdbefg XbdbbdXdh XXXfieXcbc XcdbbebbXX agbccjeakkhbljlibckXXdXbbhbXehcbcXeX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,9,10,10,36,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 110101010011 0100101001001 100101110101001010010 010010101001010101 110111011011 110011010100 1110010011001 1 101101010110 010100110111001 00100101100101 010111101100101 10101101011101101 1100111111 0011010010010 1001101 1 101011010010011 101001011101 1000010100110 11101010 001001011010101 11010110101011 1101010 111111 1001001 1 01010111011 10010100100101 1000101101001010 1101010 111110111 010010010110101 1000101001010 1010011111010 00100110 1 11001010101101 1101101111 10010111100101 11000111011 0010001010 10100111011 010001111001 11111010110010 001001010011 110100111 010110111 10101011101 1001000100101001010 1101101010 1101010 111101000100010 1001010101001 0011110101 10101001011 1110011 0101010001 01001001001001 111010001001 11111101010 011010111100010 10111111001 1010010010 1101011011001 10110001101 0010001101010 1111100101110 11001011111 11010111110011 11111111011 00101111111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 695
- Average number of words per stanza: 120
- Amount of lines: 73
- Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, one, to, we, on are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines one is repeated).
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- summary of Memory;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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