This is an analysis of the poem With Memories That Are 'Not' Selective that begins with:

The game of playing 'catch-up' as many do,
Has never been proven to be effective....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabccccc bcdadbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010111101 11001000010 101010100101 1100010011010 11101001000010 10100010 10111000011000 0100110001100100 110101000101 01101011101 11101001100100 010100111010 111011011100 0011011001011101 0110101 110010010010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 377
  • Average number of words per stanza: 60
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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; to is repeated.

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  • summary of With Memories That Are 'Not' Selective;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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