This is an analysis of the poem Recollections that begins with:
DO you remember all the sunny places,
Where in bright days, long past, we played together? ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: ababacacD bebeaaaaD fgfgheheG ibibhfhfG ihihbjbjg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010101010 10111111010 11010101110 11010101010 11010101010 0101010101 11111111010 1101110111 110100 11010101010 01010101110 01111111010 01010101010 10110111010 1101111101 110111000110 1111110101 110100 11010111010 01010101011 11010111110 11010101111 11011110010 01010010111 11111101110 0111101101 110100 11010101010 11001101010 11110101010 11010111110 11010011010 10110101101 110111110010 1111111101 110100 11010111110 110010111010 11011111110 01110101010 11111111110 1111110111 11110111010 1111111111 110100
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 399
- Average number of words per stanza: 71
- Amount of lines: 45
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; kind, and, how are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words do, the, and are repeated.
The author used the same word do at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same words them, this at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Recollections;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
More information about poems by Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton
- Analysis of The Lady Of La Garaye - Prologue
- Analysis of The Reprieve
- Analysis of The Lady Of La Garaye - Part I
