This is an analysis of the poem Her Memories that begins with:

NOT by her grave: thither I bid them take
Fresh garlands of the flowers that pleased her best,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbcdXedce efedfghhehge hghggijjejie
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101101101 11000101101 1101011111 1101010001 11100100001 1101010001 0101110100 11111001001 1101010111 1100 1111111101 1001111011 1101001111 1111010011 11001110001 1111011110 1111110101 1111111100 110011100111 1111011011 1101011011 0111 0101100111 1100010101 1101110101 11010110011 1101010101 0101110101 1111111111 0101110111 1111110101 1011010111 0101010111 1011 1111110110 11010101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 501
  • Average number of words per stanza: 99
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • 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; of, her, there, not are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word not is repeated.

    The author used the same word not at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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