Analysis of Memory
I didn't say that.
The cow jumped over the moon!
I'd never say that.
Jack and Jill went up the hill!
The days you'd scream and cry.
Dashing thro' the snow!
You didn't like me.
You never liked me.
Starlight, star bright!
I'm holding on
With all the might you tried to take away
On the first day of Christmas!
I can see light up through the layer of ice.
I remember now!
Boys and girls come out to play
The moon doth shine as bright as day!
I remember now!
| Scheme | abacdeffghijkLiiL |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11011 0111001 11011 1011101 011101 10101 11011 11011 111 1101 1101111101 1011110 11111101011 10101 1011111 01111111 10101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 454 |
| Words | 104 |
| Sentences | 14 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 17 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 343 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 91 |
About this poem
Reflecting on childhood and memory this morning and the basics of the poem came to me. I proceed from there and, voila!
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