This is an analysis of the poem Memory that begins with:
I
I nursed it in my bosom while it lived,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X aaaa bcbc adae fgfg ahah X dccd iddi jaajXidei
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1 1100110101 1100111011 01110110111 011101 1101010101 1101110101 1101011111 111101 1100110011 1100110101 1101010111 110111 1101111101 1101111111 1011011110 1101111 1101011101 1011110101 1111110111 110111 1 11011001110 111101 1101100101 11110 110111110010 110111 1101010111 01010 01011101111 110111 0111111111 11111 11001111010 111011 1110000101 11010
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 119
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 38
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, it, in, alone, made, my, choice are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, none, there 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 i connects the lines.
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- summary of Memory;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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