This is an analysis of I Shall Not Forget by Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
I shall not forget you. The years may be tender,
But vain are their efforts to soften my smart;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd Xefe XfXf acacXabab
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 111011001010 11111001011 1011011110110 01001101011 110010011011 11101101001 10101100100101 101001000111 110011011100 01011001111 0011010110110 01011011011 010010011110 01011001111 1011011110110 101101111001 111011110010 01001111001 110111010010 11001001101 110110111010 11101101101 1010110110110 11101010111
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 24
Repeated words/phrases
your, me, of, i, in
Anaphora
your, and, to, for
