This is an analysis of the poem Forward that begins with:
Let me look always forward. Never back.
Was I not formed for progress? Otherwise... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacddcdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1111110101 1111111101 0101011101 1111110101 1111111011 1001010101 1100010101 0101010101 1111010101 1101010111 1101011101 1101110111 1101110011 0101110101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 588
- Average number of words per stanza: 111
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; with is repeated.
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- summary of Forward;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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