This is an analysis of the poem Mnemosyne that begins with:

The fruits are ripe, dipped in fire,
Cooked and sampled on earth. And there's a law,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcdebXfedeXX XgebedchXijhbcc ejjXdeeahicfdgdeXgc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,15,19,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01111010 1110111101 1111001001 1000010101010 1101110001 101011010 10111100 010100110101 1011101001010 1110101111 000111000010 1110110110 11101010 1010110101 11011111 111101011011 1110101011 111000011 10010101010 11010110 1011101001 11001 1110111111 11001101010100 01001101011001 010011011011 1110000010101 1100101111 111011101 1010 11011 1111001001 1010100 111101 100100010010 01011010 1100100110 1010111 11000010 01001101 110010 10011001 10101 101101 00101001 1101 111010 11011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 579
  • Average number of words per stanza: 104
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; on, we, in are repeated.

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

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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