This is an analysis of the poem These Episodes Remain To Stay Played that begins with:

Of course I am going to remember being insulted.
And being the butt end of loudly spoken jokes....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abacdbX aceXedf fcXdXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011110001010010 110011010101 110101011 0010011101001 01000101010001 101010 1011 011100101 1010001010 01010100101 1110 101 101110010 001 1110001001 101111010100 11111001010 111010010 1010001010 111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 231
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, to are repeated.

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  • summary of These Episodes Remain To Stay Played;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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