This is an analysis of the poem Memory's River that begins with:
In Nature's bright blossoms not always reposes
That strange subtle essence more rare than their bloom,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabacdXd bebeafcf ghghcaba ehehbhXX bfbfhiXi
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010110111100 11101011111 110010010110 11011011101 110010110010 11001011011 010011010011 01001001111 111011010010 11101101011 111011010010 11011011001 111110110110 11001011001 110010110110 11011011001 111011011110 01111001001 11111001010 11011101101 110010110110 01011011111 110110100110 11101011001 110110011110 11001111101 111111111110 11011011011 111110111110 11011001101 010110111100 11001001010 111111010010 11001110001 110110010010 11111111001 111010110110 11001011111 1010110010110 01001011001
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 403
- Average number of words per stanza: 71
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, you, them, their are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words you, their are repeated.
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- summary of Memory's River;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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