Analysis of If I Forget Thee
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt 1840 (Petworth House) – 1922 (United Kingdom)
If I forget thee! How shall I forget thee?
Sword of the mighty! Prince and Lord of War!
Captive I bind me
To the spears that blind me,
Rage in my heart and love for evermore.
If I forget thee! How shall I forget thee?
Man the destroyer! Life that made mine move!
They that come after
Let them earn my laughter,
Ay, but my anger, never, nor my love.
If I forget thee! How should I forget thee?
One man there is no woman dares despise.
Hate him it may be,
Wound him if the way be,
Nay, but forget him? Not before she dies!
| Scheme | Abaab Axccx adaad |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (53%) |
| Metre | 11011111011 1101010111 10111 101111 101101110 11011111011 1001011111 11110 111110 1111010111 11011111011 1111110101 11111 111011 1101110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 514 |
| Words | 108 |
| Sentences | 16 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 131 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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