Analysis of Forget Not Yet The Tried Intent

Sir Thomas Wyatt 1503 (Allington Castle, Kent) – 1542 (Clifton Maybank House, Dorset)



Forget not yet the tried intent
Of such a truth as I have meant;
My great travail so gladly spent,
      Forget not yet.

Forget not yet when first began
The weary life ye know, since whan
The suit, the service, none tell can;
      Forget not yet.

Forget not yet the great assays,
The cruel wrong, the scornful ways;
The painful patience in denays,
      Forget not yet.

Forget not yet, forget not this,
How long ago hath been and is
The mind that never meant amiss;
      Forget not yet.

Forget not then thine own approved,
The which so long hath thee so loved,
Whose steadfast faith yet never moved;
      Forget not this.


Scheme aaaB cccB dddB dddB exed
Poetic Form Tetractys  (30%)
Etheree  (30%)
Metre 01110101 11011111 11011101 0111 01111101 01011111 01010111 0111 0111011 01010101 0101001 0111 01110111 11011101 01110101 0111 01111101 01111111 1111101 0111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 621
Words 113
Sentences 6
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 93
Words per stanza (avg) 22
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 09, 2023

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Sir Thomas Wyatt

Sir Thomas Wyatt was a 16th-century English politician, ambassador, and lyric poet credited with introducing the sonnet to English literature. more…

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