This is an analysis of the poem A Haunting Memory that begins with:

Wild rockets blew along the lane;
The tall white gentians too were there;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc dcdcbb ceceff gh ghii jfjfdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,2,4,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11010101 01110101 01010101 01010101 101010101 011111001 11011101 11010111 110100101 11010101 10111101 01111101 11010101 11011101 01110101 10010101 01011111 10011101 01100101 11010101 01010101 11010101 01000111 11010101 11010111 11110101 11010111 01000111 010010101 11010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 179
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of A Haunting Memory;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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