This is an analysis of the poem Bkii:Xvii We’ll Go Together that begins with:

Why do you stifle me with your complaining?
It’s neither the gods’ idea nor mine to die...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcd beae dXcf gbXd ehhf geeX aXbe XXeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101010 010010101101 011100101 1011001010 10110111001 10110110101 110111010 01011111010 01011101100 10010110111 110111011 1110101010 110010010101 10110111011 10101100 0110010101 10101101011 110011110110 110010010 0010111100 110100010001 10011000101 101111010 1101111010 10111101010 010011100101 1110101001 1110100100 00100101101 01001101001 1100110101 1111010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 162
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you is repeated.

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  • summary of Bkii:Xvii We’ll Go Together;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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