This is an analysis of the poem If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem that begins with:
If I forget thee, Jerusalem,
Then let my right be forgotten....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Abcde acXee afXeXcc AbXbXafd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,7,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010110100 11110010 1110010111010 1110101111 11110101 110100100 101010110010 0100101110 00111 00111 0011111 1100101 101111 11101 11101 1101110 1101110 010110100 1110010 111110 0111 111 1010111 001100010 110
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 179
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, let, right, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words let, will, i 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.
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