This is an analysis of the poem Only Mental Memoirs Kept that begins with:

There is going to be a clean sweep.
A complete overhaul......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcddded CFGFH eXiii hJXf HBF XH CFGFH ehededh i hcfdhf ddieigdie fJej HBFaXH CFGFH hheif ggX cgehX XHfkek heX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,5,5,4,3,2,5,7,1,6,9,4,6,5,5,3,5,6,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101000011 001101 00110 1111 10101101 11101 110010 0001 0100100 00111 10100111 10 1101 1101 111011 00101 0101100 0101101 01001001 101101 1101001 01101 101011011 01110 10111 01111 11010001 0100100 00111 10100111 10 1101 1100101 1011100101 001010001 100010 11101 110001 010110001 1111 1010111 0101010 1011 1010010 11110 1011111 001000001 10001 111 111010010 00111 111111 111010 1001 01101101 0100101 101101 100101 011011 101011011 01110 10111 01011 01111 11010001 0100100 00111 10100111 10 1101 11111 0101 110101 01101 11011 11 11 01000 101110 11100011 11011 111010011 110100 01111 11010001 11010 001111 010010 0101101 101010110110010 10100010 001100
  • Amount of stanzas: 19
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 93
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

    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 is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words no, with are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines you is repeated).

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

  • summary of Only Mental Memoirs Kept;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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