This is an analysis of the poem Mementos that begins with:
ARRANGING long-locked drawers and shelves
Of cabinets, shut up for years, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaaaabb aaaaccaa adad efef agag hghg igig bjbg akak ebeb hlhl mmmm ddncnc gkgkmomolnln pgpgdddd dndnjajXahghhhg nnggbbbbkkggddddnXndXpd eebddXbbgnngddg ppbppbbbgqqjrrdppdddddddllbbaabbdaddagmgmnbnbbbXb hghg bmbm dddd akak ebeb dnXn hghj sisi jbjb slsl ji
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,6,12,8,15,23,15,49,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,10,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01011111 01001110 10111101 11010101 110101010 010011110 11010101 01110101 110101001 110101001 11010101 11011101 11011111 11101001 110101101 00110101 11011110 01111101 11011101 01011011 100101010 10011111 111101010 011001011 010101010 010000101 101101010 10010101 111101010 01010101 101101110 10111101 1000111010 10110101 110111010 01111101 101111110 11010100 111101010 11110111 110101010 01010001 1000101010 11111101 110101010 11110111 111101110 11010101 1101010100 00111101 1101111100 11011111 01010001 01010101 11110111 11000101 11111101 01111101 01110111 10011001 01110101 10011111 11010101 11010101 11010101 11011101 111110101 11111101 11011111 11010011 01110111 10100101 01111101 110101111 01010101 100111101 10011101 010101001 11111111 01010101 10101101 00011101 10110111 01011101 11110101 01110101 11010100 11011101 10010100 11110100 00110101 011111011 11110101 011111001 11011101 01111101 11011101 10110011 11010101 01011101 01010101 1101101 111110001 11110101 110110111 01110101 11111101 11010111 01010101 11010111 11010001 01011101 11101111 01011101 111000010 00010101 111101 11100100 00110101 111101 011001010 110101010 111101 11110111 11000101 01010111 10010101 11011111 1001001 11111111 10010101 101010101 100100101 0101101 11010111 11011101 11100101 111101 01110100 11010101 000101 11110111 10110101 110001 11010101 11011101 110100 01111101 11011101 100101 11010101 11010100 100101 10111101 11010101 010101 00010111 11011101 010101 10111101 11010101 11010101 110010101 111101101 110010101 11010011 010010101 10110101 01010111 11110101 01011101 11110101 11010101 01011101 100011101 11010101 01111101 11100111 11011001 11010111 11010101 11010111 01011110 01010111 100101010 01010111 011111010 10110111 1101000110 10010101 011111010 11011001 110111010 01010101 110101010 0100010101 110101110 1101101101 111101010 01110001 111101110 11110001 110111010 11110101 100111110 11111101 1111111000 01011101 111101010 11010111 111101010 01010100 010101110 100101100 110101010 01010101 111111110 01010101 111111110 11110111 101101110 01010111 110111110 11010101 1101001110 11010101 111101010 11000111 111110010 010101 11010101 11001100 11110111 110101 11110101 110101 1100100111 111111 10010101 1001001 11110101 100101 11110101 1101001 11011111 111101 11010101 110100101 010101 11111101 1100101 11110101 010100 111101001 011101 11110101 11011101 011101
- Amount of stanzas: 37
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 259
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 258
- 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; these, and, blest, in, her, she, or are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words how, these, all, the, i, and, nor, like are 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 literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase blest connects the lines.
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- summary of Mementos;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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