This is an analysis of the poem Go Where You Will that begins with:

Go where you will – I shall remain on Bengal’s shore
Shall see jackfruit leaves dropping in the dawn’s breeze;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccdebec XbdXXXXa X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,8,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011011101 11101100011 1101101010010 0101100111110 001101111100 01011000011 11110011110 1011100111 1110110010 1010101111 011010 100100010010010 10101101010011 100110011101100 00111111110 001001 10111101 10110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 282
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words shall, as, in are repeated.

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  • summary of Go Where You Will;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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