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

The sun shines alone in the afternoon,
And quietly the tone of the honey-bees wavers off....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a X b X b X b X X b c a X c XXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0110100101 11000100101101 00100101010 1011000101 1100101110 100101101001 010110010010 1010101111 01011000001 1111110 10011 1010101011 011011 011010001 1101101101 110000010
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 39
  • Average number of words per stanza: 7
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; in is repeated.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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