This is an analysis of the poem A Smile To Remember that begins with:
we had goldfish and they circled around and around
in the bowl on the table near the heavy drapes...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXabXXcbdc XebX eX XXcdXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,4,2,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111111001101 001101010101 100010101 11011101011 00101111010 1111010001001 1 1110010010111001011 10010111101110 101110101001 11011 1000101011110 11010010101 1111010 1111101111010 1011101 1101111100 11010101111 1110 1111011110001 1101011111110 1
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 221
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; and, to, happy, smile are repeated.
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- summary of A Smile To Remember;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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