This is an analysis of Let Us Forget by James Whitcomb Riley.

Let us forget. What matters it that we
Once reigned o'er happy realms of long-ago,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbccbbadbdbdd
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1101110011 11101010101 1101111101 1111110100 1011111110 0101110111 1011111101 1101010111 1101111111 0111010101 0111110101 1111011101 1101111111 0101011101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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