This is an analysis of the poem Memories that begins with:
A beautiful and happy girl,
With step as light as summer air,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaabcdcd efeefegeg hihhighgh dhddhdidi jijjifkfk lelledhdh jmjjmbkbk ieiieXdhdXdeddejhjh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,9,9,19,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01001101 01111101 11011101 101100101 01011101 01010101 110111001 110101001 11000101 01010001 110101010 11011111 11000101 010101010 01110111 010010101 11010111 01110101 111101001 010010101 11110111 11110101 11110101 11010111 01000101 11110111 11110101 11011101 11110111 11000110 01010101 01110101 110001101 011111001 011101101 11111111 10110111 11001101 11010101 11010001 11011101 1111110110 010100101 110111010 01011101 01111111 01011101 11010111 01110101 01010101 11011111 01110111 10011101 01010101 11010111 01111101 10100101 11001101 010100101 11010111 11011101 110101001 11010111 11110111 10111111 11001101 01100111 1001011101 11010110 110001010 11111111 010111010 11110111 01111101 11010111 01101101 010010001 01010001 01010101 11111111 11011101
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 316
- Average number of words per stanza: 58
- Amount of lines: 81
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; and, of, thy, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words old, i, of, the, in are repeated.
The author used the same word a 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 Memories;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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