This is an analysis of the poem Song: Memory, Hither Come that begins with:

Memory, hither come,
And tune your merry notes;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXb aabb acac ddee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100101 111101 110101 1101 110101 110101 11110111 0101001 110011 110101 111111 0101 111111 010111 100101010 0101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 120
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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