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

It 's autumn in the country I remember.
How warm a wind blew here about the ways! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bab a cac a dXd a bab a eae cacXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,3,1,3,1,3,1,3,1,3,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 011000101010 1101110101 11110111010 1001110101 01010101010 0101010101 11100110110 1101010101 011010101010 1101010011 0111010101 1101000111 011000101010 0100110111 11111101010 0111110111 011010101010 1101011101 010010111010 0111010101 1111110111 111111100010 0111010001 01010101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 85
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; i is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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