This is an analysis of the poem Body Remember that begins with:

Body, remember not only how much you were loved
not only the beds you lay on. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbcXXXabc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1001011011101 11001111 110101010100 011111 10011010 10111001100 1101100001 0111101110 010101111 010011111 010101110110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 439
  • Average number of words per stanza: 79
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; you is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word remember is repeated.

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  • summary of Body Remember;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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