This is an analysis of the poem Remembrances that begins with:

Summer pleasures they are gone like to visions every one
And the cloudy days of autumn and of winter cometh on... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaabbbbcaaa dXXdaeeedfdd bbbgaaabbb ahhhXcccijii jgggXfffdffff iXiiakkkcalaa gggbaaagigg aXablllbbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,12,10,12,13,13,11,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 101011110101001 101010101010101 1101011100111 10101111110101 11110011100101 11010101110111 11010101110111 101111101111 101 1101011011101 1010001101 111011111101001 111010111010101 1101011111010 1 01110101110101 10111111010101 0111011110101 1101011010101 111010101110101 11101010111010 1 101010101001 110101111101 110101101111101 11010100010101 101010111010101 10111011011101 1101011110001 01101011110001 101010101110101 1111011111101 010101101 111111001110 1 111001011111111 11111011110111 1111011010101 1111111110101 11010101110101 11101010011001 10101111010101 11010111101 1 1001010001 11101011111 101 11001011111101 01010101011101 1110111101110 1 11010110101001 10101011010001 11101011110 101 11010101010101 1101011110101 1101110101 110111110101 11111111011 101 11011011011101 01011101010001 11101011010111 10101011011101 1101011010001 11000010111011 1 11010100111110 1 1101010111 1101111011101 1101111010111 1101111011100 001001011100101 111011111101 001011101110101 01010100110101 0101001111101001 11011101010 101 010101111 1111111110101 111011110110110 1111011110101 11010101110101 1111011101010 11010110101010 110111011001010 1111100101 111010010101 1010101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 546
  • Average number of words per stanza: 108
  • Amount of lines: 99
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; and, i, to, in, had, her are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, when, and, all are repeated.

    The author used the same word when at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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

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