This is an analysis of the poem Encouraged And Given Nourishment that begins with:

Remember when I chose to walk to your home?
When was the last time you chose to walk to mine? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX aXXb ab XaXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,4,2,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01011101011 11011110101 0101111110101 011111 1011010 00100100001000 01011101101 111110101 1 110101010111 101010 1110010110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 116
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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

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

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