This is an analysis of the poem A Memory that begins with:

Here, while the loom of Winter weaves
The shroud of flowers and fountains,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa XXXX bcbc aaaa dede fefe agXg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 01010110 11011101 0101010 11010101 1101011 111101010 01010010 11110101 1101011 11111101 10011011 11011101 0101010 11011101 1101010 01011101 0101010 11011101 1101110 11011101 11010010 11010101 1101110 01110101 0101010 011111010 0101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the 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.

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

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