This is an analysis of the poem To Remember As The Best Gift that begins with:

I wish I can again get this year,
The happiness I received last Christmas....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXabbc bcbbbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101101 0100101110 1010001 0111 0111 110101 110011101 110111101 0111 00101011 10101 1100100010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 184
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; i, to are repeated.

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

  • summary of To Remember As The Best Gift;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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