This is an analysis of the poem On 'One' Memorial Day that begins with:
Blessed I am,
To be given the talent to write....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AXXbXcc XXbba Addcdcdcbb cbbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,5,10,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111 001001001 10100110100 01010111100 11111101 01011001010 11101 10001011010 111011010 1011 00101100 110111010010 111 11010001 1011101011111 110110101 11001001 1100101 1101101101 0010001001 011101 1010001 1000 011101101110011 10010101110 1110000110111000
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 231
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- 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; to, and are repeated.
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