This is an analysis of the poem Memories Romanced To Enhance that begins with:

Many devote the living of their lives,
To hindsight to indulge without insight....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdXbbceca XX fd X ga X geXg X dabf X cXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,2,2,1,2,1,4,1,4,1,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1001010011 0110010111 110101 11010101 11011101 01010100 0011011101 100100010 0101001 11001000010 10101101 111101010 01011100110 0011100010110 101010111110 11111101101 0100 111100111 1110111 1100100 010010111010 11010110 1010110001 1100100101101 111101 11111011010 101011101 0111110100101 1111010001111 11110 0101001 1011010 0111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 110
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.

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

  • summary of Memories Romanced To Enhance;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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