This is an analysis of the poem Menu Vida Karo that begins with:

Bid me goodbye
Lord, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbACDA beXbeXA XfeggaA ebfgXXACDA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,7,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111 1 1111 11011 110100111 11111 1010111 00101001 1010010 01001010001 1100101 1010 11111 1101011 110101 0010011011 11011010 1110100101010 101 11111 11010110 1101011 10101001001 111101 1111101 11111110 1111 11011 110100111 11111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 195
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; me, my are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines separation is repeated).

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

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  • summary of Menu Vida Karo;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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