This is an analysis of the poem Has She Forgotten? that begins with:

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Has she forgotten? On this very May... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: a abbaaaXXcacXcA X deeXddeefgfafA X bddbbbXcagcaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,14,1,14,1,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 1101010101 1001100111 1111010101 1101011101 01011100111 1101110101 0111011100 1101111100 1101010111 0101011001 1101010101 110100111000 1101011101 1101010101 1 1110010011 1111000111 1111011101 1101110100 0011101101 1101010101 1111010101 1111010001 0111110101 1001111100 1101011111 0100011100 1101011001 1101010101 1 0101110011 1101110101 0100010101 1111000100 0101010100 0101110111 01001010100 1001010111 1100010101 0011111100 0111010001 0111011111 1101110100 1101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 299
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, forgotten, long, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words has, that, of are repeated.

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