This is an analysis of the poem Heart, We Will Forget Him that begins with:
Heart, we will forget him,
You and I, tonight!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbXaXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110011 11101 11010111 100101 1111111 111101 111110 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 225
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; forget is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is repeated.
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