This is an analysis of the poem Memory that begins with:
When the gloom the light appalleth
When no tear‐dew ever falleth... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaXXaXXaaXbbccXcbXdXXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 23,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101100 11101010 10100 10101010 01110010 10100 10100010 10111010 10111110 11101110 1101 10101010 11111010 111 10100110 10101100 1101 10101010 00100100 1010101 11101010 10101100 101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 657
- Average number of words per stanza: 113
- Amount of lines: 23
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; when is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word when is repeated.
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- summary of Memory;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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