This is an analysis of the poem Selecting Memories that begins with:
No dream do I wish I was idolized!
But I did once want to fly....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcb XXXba dCAaABXXdCAaABb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,15,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111111101 1101101 111001 101101 11101110 11101100 101111010 11101 00110100010 10110111 0101 100101 1 011 11111101 00111010 0110111 0101 100101 1 011 11111101 01010011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 23
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; i, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
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- summary of Selecting Memories;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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