This is an analysis of the poem Bkiv:Xiii You Too, Lyce that begins with:

BkIV:XIII You too, Lyce
Lyce, the gods have heard my prayers, the gods have...

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aXbc ddXX XeXX afee gbaX defcXgbff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111 1011111011 111110111010 01001011 11111100 111111010100 101101101001 0100111 11011001 111100010101 111010111010 1111001 11011101 11011011010 101111101001 1101110 01001001 1010101110111 111010101011 1111101 11101011 101100110110 111111010110 1000100 0101100 010110111101 110101010010 0101101 1010110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; lyce, and, of are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase lyce connects the lines.

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