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

The northeast blows,
my favorite among winds, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aababXXacXXd eaefgXXebaa hXbbbafiigcbdX agihjkabakX gXiaXbgfijjXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,11,14,11,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111 1100011 1010010010 100100100 11111 01010 1010001 1011 01011 101100011 1010101110 1011001 10101 1010011 11001 101110011 11011110 101011 101 1111110 100101 0101011 100101 11111 0101 1011 1111 0101 0101011 0000 0110 0101 101011010 010001 01001 10110101 101101 11111 10010010 1010101001 110011001 1101101110 111111 1010110 01011 10100100 111011 010111010 1101 111100 00101 11101 1010 11001 1011110 010110 1011 11100 1110011000 110010 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 327
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 65
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    The author used the same word but at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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

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