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

Lords of the Nursery
Wait in a row,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbcbdeFE GhghGcEC igfgdeFE AchcXifi XdgdgjXj AkhkXhah agggGcECXgckcdhdh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100100 1001 11011 11101 111101 1111 10010 1111 11111 01001 11110 1111 11111 1101 111111 1110 11011 1101 11010 1101 111101 1111 10010 1111 100100 1101 11011 1101 1101 001011 111111 10111 101010 1111 101011 0111 101011 0111 111010 0111 100100 1111 110011 01001 01110 1101 0101100 1101 10110 1011 001011 1111 11111 01101 111111 1110 101011 1011 1100101 11001 1110101 1111 10010101 11101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 222
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 64
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; some is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words some, he are repeated.

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

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