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

I climbed the canyon to a river-head,
And looking backward saw a splendor spread. ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcc X ddee X aaff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,1,4,1,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1101000101 1101010101 1001100100101 11001010101 01001100101 0101011101 111 0101011101 1111110101 1111101111 1001011111 111 1011110101 1101010111 1100010101 10110101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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