This is an analysis of I Cannot Forget With What Fervid Devotion by William Cullen Bryant.

I cannot forget with what fervid devotion
I worshipped the vision of verse and of fame.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab bcbc dada cdcd dede aaaa afaf
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 110010110010 11001001101 111010011110 011001011101 110110011010 101101011001 1111111101110 110101001001 1011011110110 001001011001 1011011110010 11001111101 111011010110010 001001011101 1111110110010 11011011011 110110011110 11011101001 0011010010010 11001001111 0011011010010 01101101001 1010011010010 11111111001 111011110010 11011001101 101011010010 01011001000
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 28

Repeated words/phrases

of, my, in, and

Anaphora

i, in