This is an analysis of the poem I Remember, I Was There that begins with:

I remember I used to be a king of Babylonia
You were my slave girl,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXabbacdb bccXe eafdfa cggbXX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,5,6,6,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 101011000101000 10111 00101010101101010 001110110010 0101010001111111 11101101 1111010111 101101 001000111000 010101111001 0111001101 1111101001 1111 11111011110111 01111100001 111000101010010 11010100111110 1111010011011101 01010011101101 1110001101 1111101011101 1111111110 11001010 1011100010100 1111111011010 0011110101110101 10010010010111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 251
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words in, they are repeated.

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  • summary of I Remember, I Was There;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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