This is an analysis of the poem Reminiscence that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXcdcd ecdbdFd eFdfXbd Xagfhbbijgkajgd Xddjjggllgii malllnna eeXgdiiidoo nnnnXgbg llpaXp eeaaa XgpdddXedpld bbmjpf mmjqbm egpmb begXq adcec Xfgf jnan aapgpapng qaccepdgppX gnbpgdpd edeadbbdiX Xjdpd hpappce aa XXgag eeje oggg bqjq eacX Xaaqa aaga
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,7,7,15,12,8,11,8,6,5,12,6,6,5,5,5,4,4,9,11,8,10,5,7,2,5,4,4,4,4,5,4,4,7,4,4,12,4,4,12,10,5,4,5,4,4,26,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1 0101 100011 111111110 10111 11101011 110111 0111011 010010110 1100011 010011110 11111 1111110111 01101 01101001 01010 01101 11111001 11011 111110110 01001111 011110 1 110101 110001 010101 010111 1101001 111101 0111001 110101 1101001 1011001 110101 110001 010001 011111 1 1101110111 01010010101 111111 1101001101 1001110001 01 0111010001 0101110101 1101010101 01 1111 11101111010 1101011101 0101001111 01010011101 1101010111 1101001100 110110101 110001111 1101011111 1111010101 1101010110 100101 11 1111010100 0111110101 1111010011 11 0110010101 0100110101 1111001101 1111101100 1101010101 0111 011110 0101110111 1101111101 110111 0101011101 0100010101 1110000100 0101010101 1101010101 11110011100 1101110101 101101001 1011010101 0111010101 1011010101 1 10111110 110101010 10101111 10100110 101000010 11101010 100001010 11101010 100001010 00101011 11101010 11101110 11101110 11101010 11101111 11101010 11101110 11101110 11101010 10101010 100111101 011010010 11111010 11101010 111101011 11110010 11111010 11110010 11101010 11001110 11001110 10101111 11111111 1 01110111100111 100010101011101 011011110111001 101101000101111010111 011101111101110 011100111101001 10011110111111 11010010110101011001 011101110101101 00110101110001 011111111110101 11111110100101111101 1 010111 11110001010 1110110101 01111011110 1001000111 11110101110 1000010101 110 0101010111 011111 011100111 111111 011011101 01011001010 11111111101 111 11101101010 100011001010 110101000100 010111001011 11010101011 1001000111 10100101010 0101011111 01010111110 0110011110 0101 0111 1101011111 110110110 01010111101 0101011111 11011101110 101001111110 11010110110 110101001110 1101010100 11010111110 1101010111 01011110110 11111101010 0111 1011 10010101100 1010110011 111111110110 11000111010 01011111111 0101010101 1111010111 010111101 1 111111 01001111 010111 01101 110010100 1101011 011111 110101 1100111 001101101 111111010 110111 1001010 0010101 1111110010 1010101 11001111 11101 01101101 010111 1 11011011001 1101111001 110111111011 1111111001 101011011001 11111011001 101101111101 0110111001 101111001101 1011010110010 11000101101 00100101001 1 110 11010111110 10010110101 01010101001 0010110111110 0110101110101 0110111 011111 11101100 01111 01110111 111101 11111100 011001 1101 1110011111 1101111101101 111100110101 11001000111 11010111001 10101010101 110110110111 11011111 01111100111 0101110101 1001010101 11111101 100111 11110111 011101 01000111 110101 01111111 1110100 1111010101 10111101010 01010110101 1101011101 01010110011 10010101011 010110100101 1111110101 011101010101 1110001111 010100111110 1001100100 1111011101 0111011101 10101111101 1100100101 110010101 1111011101 1010010101010 01010111100 0111010101 01001101011 1111010100 0111001101 0101110001 1101110101 0111010101 01010111 010101 01010101 010101 1 101001111001 110111010 10111111111 0011011010 0101111101 1011110010 11011110111101 10010011011 11111101011 0111010111 101101111101 111010010 1 0110111101100101 110011011011011 010100100101011 110100101111111 1110101111111 111011011001111000 010110110111001 1111101101010111 11101110101101 111111111101101 11101111111011 011010101100101 111111110110101 111110110101111 111101010111001 1110110010011101 0110111101100101 010110110110101 11011110100111 110110100100101 10010111110101 10110111101111 0101111111100101 1111111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 48
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 266
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 333
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; your, our, and, to, you, that, have, her, on, i, as, for, amen, me, of, where, we are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, i, no, and, her, told, with, a, in are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines fire, her are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word ree at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases was, lean connect the lines.

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  • summary of Reminiscence;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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