This is an analysis of the poem Often I Am Reminded that begins with:
Often I am left wanting,
Not to be so honest....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabb acaaa bdddbdX XXadcXac
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,7,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011110 100110 100010 010101 10111 10101001 1101110 100101101 0100101101 11011010 1101010 01001001101 101110101010 10101011101 010110 1011010 111001011101 1111001001 10100111011011 1110101010 11101010 1101110010 01101001 001001001101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 193
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 24
- 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:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, to, as, be are repeated.
The author used the same word often at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Often I Am Reminded;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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