This is an analysis of the poem Memorabilia that begins with:
I.
Ah, did you once see Shelley plain,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X abab X cdcd X acac XXdcdc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,1,4,1,4,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 10111101 10111101 10110101 110111 1 11010011 110111010 101001101 1101110 1 1101001001 1010100111 101100101 10110101 1 111111010 11110111 0101011010 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 71
- Average number of words per stanza: 14
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, and, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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- summary of Memorabilia;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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