This is an analysis of the poem Remembered With The Best Thoughts Kept that begins with:

Remembered with the best thoughts kept,
Are the ones we can't let go to forget....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AAAAB CCDC ccaX cXAbaXA CCDCaaXXAAAAB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,4,7,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01000111 1011111001 01000111 1011111101 0101111010 11101111101 1111110 001 1011 11101111101 011010111 0111001 1111 11011101 0 01000111 1 110101001 0 01000111 11101111101 1111110 001 1011 001000111 11010101 1111111 01000111 1011111001 01000111 1011111101 0101111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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, with, ones are repeated.

    The author used the same word we 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 love is repeated).

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

  • summary of Remembered With The Best Thoughts Kept;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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