This is an analysis of the poem My Mother's Memory that begins with:

There is one bright star in heaven
Ever shining in my night;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdXece
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111010 1010011 10111110 1010101 111001010 1010101 00111010 1010111 01101010 1111011 10101010 1010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 395
  • Average number of words per stanza: 70
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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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  • summary of My Mother's Memory;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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