This is an analysis of the poem Forget The Forgetting that begins with:

Forgiving does not erase to replace,
Or eliminate a pain to feel that is felt....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXcXcadd eXbfbffgag XX he XgafacXXhbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,2,2,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101101001 101010101101 110100111 101010 11010001 010010 011110 01001110 110100001 0010101011011 0010111 0101001011100 11000100001 101010010 001001001 0100100100100 10101101 0101001 1010100 1111110010100 11011100 10001101110 11101011110111 1110101001100 1 1110100 1111001101010 1101 1100100010100 110110110010 1100 011 111111 11111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 195
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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  • summary of Forget The Forgetting;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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