This is an analysis of the poem Memories Of Tomorrow that begins with:

These are the memories of tomorrow,
Smile of friend we meet today, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdede fgfghbhb ddddibib ijijcbab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101000011 1011101 10001110 1010101 10101010 1010101 10011010 1001101 11101101 0110101 10001010 1011101 11101010 1011101 11101010 1010111 10111110 1011111 10111110 0111001 11101110 1110101 11100010 1001101 10111011 1010101 11111111 1010101 101101110 1110101 101000011 1110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 260
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; we, that, us are repeated.

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

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