This is an analysis of the poem I Laugh As I Reminisce that begins with:

I listened to them.
Yesterday when the sky seemed always gray....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabacd XabEfc ccdfXa EGEGEGEE EGEGEGEEXEEEE
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,8,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11000 1011011111 0010010110 0101 10101000 11110 0110101110 111010011101 0010110 1111101 110 1010100010101 1010101100 101101101 1 111 1011 1101 110111101 1111111 110111101 1101111 110111101 111111 110111101 1111101 110111101 1111111 110111101 1101111 110111101 111111 110111101 1111101 1110111101 1111101 1110111101 1111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 194
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; to, i, laugh, when, reminisce are repeated.

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

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines reminisce is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word reminisce at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

  • summary of I Laugh As I Reminisce;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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