This is an analysis of the poem Let Me Not Forget that begins with:
If it is not my portion to meet thee in this life
then let me ever feel that I have missed thy sight ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaABB cdeABB eaXaBBXccdABB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,13,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0001110011001 111101111111 111011010 1110010010011 10110010 1111001010001 11111001010 11101111110 111011010 1110010010011 10110010 111101110110 111111001 111011011001011 11101010 1110010010011 10110010 11110111011 1010101 1110111110101011 111011010 1110010010011 10110010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 247
- Average number of words per stanza: 51
- Amount of lines: 23
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; let, me, my, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words let, when are repeated.
The author used the same word when at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word hours at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Let Me Not Forget;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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