This is an analysis of the poem Forgetfulness that begins with:
My life is less than any broken glass . . . .
My long and weary love, thy lips unwon—...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbaabba bXbcXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1101110101 1111011110 1101010100 0011010101 0101110111 1101110011 11110100101 1011010101 1011100001 1101110101 0101111111 0101010111 1011011000 1101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 284
- Average number of words per stanza: 53
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- 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; thy, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words my, the are repeated.
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- summary of Forgetfulness;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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