This is an analysis of the poem Memory that begins with:
Sweet memory, like a pleasing dream,
Still lends a dull and feeble ray; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcb XdXX cbcb aeae fdfe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 110010101 11011101 11000101 11010101 11000110 11000111 11010111 111101010 11011101 01011011 01110011 011101001 100110101 010111010 01110101 1110101010 11111101 11010101 10111101 111101110
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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