This is an analysis of the poem They Are Not Reminiscing that begins with:
Oh.
Isn't that sweet....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xa X XbXaXXc baX b XX d eeXdX a aaX bXac
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,1,7,3,1,2,1,5,1,3,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 0011 11 111101 100011 101110 11 1010111 110100 1101110 11010 1 1111000 11110 10 111010111 00 110111010 101111 11 1 101011 11011 10111010 111 11 1110100 100111 10111010
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 50
- Average number of words per stanza: 10
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.
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- summary of They Are Not Reminiscing;
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