This is an analysis of the poem Nothing I Regret To Reminisce that begins with:

I remember the last time I cared.
And being intimate, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABX B cbdea feccbXa fbX aXdbX aaa ABXBcb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,1,5,7,3,5,3,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101001111 110100 0111110 111101 010111010 11111 01001110 11000101 011101 110 10111 1010101011101 01 1101011111 110110 1101111111 1111000100111110 111100010011 1101010111011 110100101111 110011 11101110100 11001101 0100100 11111 110110100101001 1110110101 101001111 110100 0111110 111101 0101010101 1111001010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; i, and, to are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Nothing I Regret To Reminisce;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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