This is an analysis of the poem Be You Too Full that begins with:

Goodbye to our lives lived in disguise.
And goodbye to all deceit....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABXC baXX bbXXaAXDDA ABXCXaXDDA XDdA XDdA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,10,10,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111001 1110101 111111000 1011111 001011111 0110101 10111 1100011 001010111 1011101 11011100 11 01 10101 111 100100 01111 10101 110111001 1110101 111111000 1011111 1 0101 111 100100 01111 10101 111 100100 0111 10101 111 100100 0111 10101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word it's is repeated.

    The author used the same words it's, ooo at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word grows at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Be You Too Full;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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