This is an analysis of the poem Memoranda that begins with:

THIS handful of grass, brown, says little. This quarter mile field of it, waving seeds ripening in the sun, is a lake of luminous firefly...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X X X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01101111001011001011000010010100101100 101010011010011001111110011101111111110101 11010111010111010111011110110011111111010111110101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 578
  • Average number of words per stanza: 107
  • Amount of lines: 5
  • Average number of symbols per line: 115 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 22
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, in are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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