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

What has been done to do,
Has had its past....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaXXabbXXcaXb XaXacX c XbcadeedX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,6,1,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101 1101 010101 0101101 0111000101 001010001001 11011010 0101101010 11110100 111010 011101000101 11111100001 111000101001 0010011010 11101110 10011101 111010100110100 00101111011 001000101 010101101 10110001 10111 111101001101 1110101101 0111011010 00101000110010 10100100011 1101101 011101011 10111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 282
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; to is repeated.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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