This is an analysis of the poem Memories that begins with:
I see wild waves that break, and breaking-run;
And the wild sea-birds wheeling round the ships;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd ebbeb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111111101 1011110101 1101010001 111111 1101110101 10101011101 1001010001 111111 1101010111 10111111 01 10010110111 111111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 162
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 13
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Memories;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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