This is an analysis of the poem I Mustn'T Forget that begins with:

I mustn't forget that I'm gettin' old,
That's the worst thing ever a man can do....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababacac dcdcebeb bfbfgaga
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1100110101 1011100111 1110101101 11010110101 110110111 100101100 101100101 1010100111 110101101 1111111101 10010111 110110101 1010101111 10101101101 1100110101 10110111001 1001111001 1111101111 1110111101 1100111101 110110111 010100111 110110101 1110110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 325
  • Average number of words per stanza: 66
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • 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; be, an', 'em, want, i are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of I Mustn'T Forget;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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