This is an analysis of the poem With The Paying Of My Respect that begins with:

Saddened and reflective,
On that day I had been....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdefa gXcgdXX gfgeXb hXdggiif heg dhdbgbeXcdc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,6,8,3,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 101010 111110 10111011100 11101 0010100 1001101 1010001 1111001 010001010 1101101 1010100001 00100101 1110101110 01111101 11101110101 11100 01110111 0100011001 10010101 11001011010 1110101111 111 101001000 10011010101 110101010010 111010101100 101010100100 110111011011 1 100111 11111111 10110111011 010100010101 10100100110 010011001 0110100101 001000010 1001001 11101 11010111 111110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 198
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; i, to, it are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase memories connects the lines.

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