This is an analysis of the poem Forgetfulness that begins with:
Forgetfulness is like a song
That, freed from beat and measure, wanders. ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabXX XbXXa X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,1,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10000101 110111010 10000101111101 101100 0111011000 10000111 11110010101 100001110101 101101000100 11001 1101011000
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 11
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Forgetfulness;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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