This is an analysis of the poem I Can Go, But Why Shall I? that begins with:
I think, I will rather turn back
So long, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX aXa XaaXX X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,5,1,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101011 11 111111011 10101111 111110111 01101110 11111011010 01011101101 111 111010010 11111 101011011 01 1111 10110111 1101011 010110010
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 97
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 17
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, go are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
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