This is an analysis of the poem Operation Memory that begins with:

We were smoking some of this knockout weed when
Operation Memory was announced. To his separate bed...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcdb badbcX abcabd XXbbac cdaabb bcbdaa eXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10101001111 1010100101001011 110110100010 001000111110010 00010001000110011 1010111111101110 10101101011110 01011011111100101 11110011011111 10100101111010001 10111010011100010 0110101010110 11101011101101 11010010101110 10100101111101010 01001010101111 110100101101001101 001011001010100111 0111011010100110111 111000011101011 10111101010011010101 11110110101111110 01011010111 110111110111010010 001011011010010 0010010101001 11111111111 010010111000101 010101010101010 011101011101101 10101010010111001001 11000100100110010 0011110001111101 0101101000100101 010101011111010101 0010110101111 01011010111111 01101111010101 001001010110101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 330
  • Average number of words per stanza: 62
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 58 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, in, of, i, had are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words of, it are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines loaded, middle, bed are repeated).

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Operation Memory;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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