This is an analysis of the poem Remembered In Retrospect that begins with:

There is no better voice heard,
Than the one remembered in retrospect....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcaXb aXbcacaXccbcaaab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,16,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011011 1010100101 11110101010001 11010100101010 111101 110010111111 0010010101110 11001111100100 11010101111001 00101010010010 11110101111100 11001000100101 10011010011001 0011010010010101 110010 11010 1101001 11010010 1101001 110010010 101101100010 1110001011000100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 314
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, no are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word no is repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Remembered In Retrospect;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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