This is an analysis of the poem Remember This Quick And Fast that begins with:

Remember...
I am not the one, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBCB aBCDE aXebXbd feggXXfhgghfdf aBCBeXaBCDE
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,7,14,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010 11101 01010101 1101111 010 11101 0110111 1101 110111111 1010 10011010010101 111101101 01001011110 11101101101 11010110100 11110101101011 1111100 110100101101 010110 1111110 10011011011 001111 1011 1111 011010110110 1101010010101010 1100110110010 011101001 0 11001110100100 010 11101 01010101 1101111 0100111 010 11101 0110111 1101 110111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 209
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; you, i, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, remember are repeated.

    The author used the same words remember, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

  • summary of Remember This Quick And Fast;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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