This is an analysis of the poem Hast Thou Forgotten Me? that begins with:
HAST thou forgotten me? the days are dark—
Light ebbs from heaven, and songless soars the lark— ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabB ccbB bbbB ddbB bbbB eebb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1101010111 11010110101 1111110101 110101 1101011101 11110010101 1111111101 110101 1101010111 1001110101 1111111100 110101 1101010111 1111111111 10011110101 110101 1101011111 01110111001 1111010111 110101 1101011101 01011100011 1111010001 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1080
- Average number of words per stanza: 176
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; o, my are repeated.
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