This is an analysis of the poem If I Forget Thee that begins with:
If I forget thee! How shall I forget thee?
Sword of the mighty! Prince and Lord of War!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Abaab Acddc aeaae
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 01011111011 1001011101 10111 001111 1011111101 01011111011 1001011111 11110 101110 1111010111 01011111011 1110110101 11010 110010 1101110111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 173
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, my are repeated.
The author used the same word if at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me, be are repeated).
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