Analysis of Remember me

William Percy French 1854 – 1920



Remember me is all I ask,
      And yet
If the remembrance prove a task,
       Forget.


Scheme ABAB
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 01011111 01 10010101 01
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 95
Words 17
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 14
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 57
Words per stanza (avg) 15
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 02, 2023

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William Percy French

William Percy French (1 May 1854 – 24 January 1920) became known as one of Ireland's foremost songwriters and entertainers. Thanks to the late Oliver Nulty, French has become recognised for his watercolour paintings as well. William Percy French was a gifted polymath who had a number of artistic talents at his command. He could work very quickly, and his output is prodigious across many genres. more…

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