This is an analysis of the poem You Will Forget Me that begins with:

You will forget me. The years are so tender,
They bind up the wounds which we think are so deep,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbacac dedefgfg fhfhadad
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011001110 11101111111 010110111010 1001101101 010100010110 01001101001 1010010110010 01111001101 10011011110 1011101111 1011111010010 1101011011 011011111010 01111001101 1010011011010 010011011001 10011011110 01111111001 110111011010 01111001001 1110111111010 1110111001001 110011110110 110001011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 394
  • Average number of words per stanza: 78
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, to are repeated.

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

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