This is an analysis of Forget Not Yet The Tried Intent by David McKee Wright.

Forget not yet the tried intent
Of such a truth as I have meant;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaA bbbA XcXA dcdA eeed
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 01110101 01011111 11011101 0111 01111101 01011111 01010111 0111 01110110 01010101 01010010 0111 01110110 11011010 01110101 0111 01111101 01111111 11111101 0110
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 20

Repeated words/phrases

not, forget

Anaphora

forget, the