This is an analysis of the poem Soon After Given They Forget that begins with:
I could never say 'yes',
If my thoughts are 'no'....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXAB XcdX XXAB dcedcd bebfdgd XgXXcfb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,6,7,7,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111011 01111 1100011 001111101 111100100100 1001010101 110110011 0110111101 111011 01111 1100011 001111101 11110011111 11011010 1110100010 111010101 10110 011001 0111100111 100101110110 11111 01000101011 11101 001110010 01101 111 1111011011 1011010010 01111 1010111 110 01110011
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- 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; i, they are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Soon After Given They Forget;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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