This is an analysis of the poem Let The Memorial Hill Remember that begins with:

Let the memorial hill remember instead of me,
that's what it's here for. Let the par in-memory-of remember,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaaaXabaaab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010010100101 1101110101000010 101111010 101110010 1010111101010 1010101010101 10100001010101010 110101010001011 111101101010 10101010110100010 10100111001011010 110001011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 649
  • Average number of words per stanza: 115
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; let, remember, of are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines remember is repeated).

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