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

Adown the grass-grown paths we strayed,
The evening cowslips ope’d ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcddeE cfefcceE XcacbbeE ghchiieE XcicggeE XbgXjjeE
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011111 0101010 11010110 0111010 01011101 010101001 11010101 101101 01010101 011001 11010001 100101 10001101 01010111 11011011 101101 011100101 011101 11111111 010101 110011110 011001010 01011101 101101 11011111 010001 01011101 111101 11011101 11010101 11011111 101101 11010111 110111 10110101 110101 11110100 01110101 11011011 101101 11010111 111110 11010111 010111 01010101 11110101 11011101 101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 295
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; his, her, wealth, love, i are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word fair at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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