Analysis of Let it be Forgotten
Sara Teasdale 1884 (St. Louis) – 1933 (New York City)
Let it be forgotten, as a flower is forgotten,
Forgotten as a fire that once was singing gold.
Let it be forgotten forever and ever,
Time is a kind friend, he will make us old.
If anyone asks, say it was forgotten
Long and long ago,
As a flower, as a fire, as a hushed footfall
In a long-forgotten snow.
Scheme | ABXB ACXC |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 11101010101010 0101010111101 111010010010 1101111111 1101111010 10101 101010101011 0010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 304 |
Words | 62 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 8 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 116 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 02, 2023
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