This is an analysis of the poem Did I Not Say To You that begins with:
Did I not say to you, “Go not there, for I am your friend; in this
mirage of annihilation I am the fountain of life? ” ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaXbcXbdcefaeXcaXdf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0111011111111100 010010101101001 101010101010100 010011010111111 0111010110010111 1010000101001010 01110111011110101 110111111101 011101111100111 110100111111 01110110111111 1111010111101010 01110110010110100 11100111101010001 0111011110101001 1011001011001001 010 011010011101000 1101110010111111 10
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1126
- Average number of words per stanza: 234
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 55 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, in, you, not, to, and, say are repeated.
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- summary of Did I Not Say To You;
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- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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