This is an analysis of the poem Memorabilia Of Last Week that begins with:

Monday, March 13, 1826
The Budget - quite charming and witty - no hearing,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abab cdcd d eXeX d bfbf dedXddaXdd aggX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,1,4,1,4,10,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111 010110110110 110110011000 110011010010 1101100010001 111010010011 10100101011010 111011100011 110110111110 11 11101001101 110010110110 01101101010 111010010010 11 101011011111 00101110110010 101011011011 011110110010 0011011110010 110110110010 010010011010 0100110111110 1010010010010 11111111001010 0110111010 11100101110 11001001110 0100111010 1001101111 11110100111 1011111001 11010 1001011011101 111011110101 0100111011 10101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 173
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; to, as are repeated.

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