This is an analysis of the poem Selective Memories that begins with:
Those who believe they have feelings felt,
That should be given more of a priority...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbcbde fbbcXXXeaX dbfeXdadabb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,10,11,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110111101 110101000100 10101010 11010011 011010111 1010010 01010 1 1111 011101 1111001 1101011010 01101 1100010 0011010101010 0101011 1101010 1100110110 101010100 101010100 011 11001010 10110001 00010 11111 1001010101 001010100
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 197
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.
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