This is an analysis of the poem Easy It Is To Forget that begins with:

Easy it is to forget,
The witnessing of someone else's pain....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbAXa AcAXc cXdab AbaXdb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1000001 0100011101 1000001 1010101010 1101101010 1000001 10100010111 1000001 0101100101 0011011 1111000 0010100100 0000010 10110010110000 110100100010 1000001 0100110010101 11000001 101111010 10100010000010 101001010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 188
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Easy It Is To Forget;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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