This is an analysis of the poem The Last Memory that begins with:

When I am old, and think of the old days,
And warm my hands before a little blaze,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccccaaaaddeeccffgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111110011 1111010101 10010111010 11110100110 1101001100 1111110100 1001010101 11010011001 1100010111 0011001001 101001101 1101011100 1100010101 1101010111 1111011101 1100110101 1110110011 1111010101 0001010011 1011111101 11010110101 1111111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 890
  • Average number of words per stanza: 162
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; and, i are repeated.

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

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