This is an analysis of the poem Fragments - Lines 0219 - 0220 that begins with:

Do not distress yourself too much at the turbulence of your fellow citizens,
Kyrnos, but walk down the middle of the road, as I do....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011011101000110100 10111010001111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 2
  • Average number of symbols per line: 67 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 13
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Fragments - Lines 0219 - 0220;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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