This is an analysis of the poem Neither Reminisced Nor Remembered that begins with:

It is better and much healthier,
On one's mind to accept a reality....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbbcdcbac eX f dX ghefehi bX ecX X Xec X cihgX X XbieXhc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,2,1,2,7,2,3,1,3,1,5,1,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 001011100 11100100100 00101 01011110101 001010101 1001010101 01001100001101 11010101 01010101010 10010001001 10110110101110 1011001 1011 110111 10100 1 01101 110111110 11100111 1 11101 01111010 1101011010 1101011 11011101111 01010111 11010 1 1100100001 111010111 0010101001 11011001111 010 01101100 11011001001 01010101001 1 11110101 10110111 1010100100010 00101010 1111011 11100111101 111001 0101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 111
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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, it, we are repeated.

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  • summary of Neither Reminisced Nor Remembered;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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