This is an analysis of the poem To Any Member Of My Generation that begins with:

What is it you remember? - the summer mornings
Down by the river at Richmond with a girl,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abacdcbad aefXef
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 100101001010 11010110001 11111001001 10010000111010 010111010111 11110101010 11010010001 100011001010 10010111001 010111101010 1011111101 110110101101 10010011111 11001110101 11110110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 340
  • Average number of words per stanza: 64
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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

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