Analysis of Forgetfulness
Harold Hart Crane 1899 (Garrettsville, Ohio) – 1932 (Gulf of Mexico)
Forgetfulness is like a song
That, freed from beat and measure, wanders.
Forgetfulness is like a bird whose wings are reconciled,
Outspread and motionless, --
A bird that coasts the wind unwearyingly.
Forgetfulness is rain at night,
Or an old house in a forest, -- or a child.
Forgetfulness is white, -- white as a blasted tree,
And it may stun the sybil into prophecy,
Or bury the Gods.
I can remember much forgetfulness.
Scheme | XABXX XBCCX A |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11101 111101010 1110111110 10100 0111011 11111 11110010101 111110101 011101001100 11001 1101011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 430 |
Words | 76 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 1 |
Lines Amount | 11 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 110 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 17, 2023
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