This is an analysis of the poem Catullus : Viii. that begins with:

My poor Catullus, what is gone is gone,
Take it for gone, and be a fool no more--...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababc dedec fgfgc afafcXbgbgc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1110010101 1011100111 101010111101 11110011101 1101110101 11011101110 1101111101 11111111010 11110101101 1111111101 1110010101 1111100101 1111010111 1111010101 0111100101 10010011101 11010101111 11011111111 1011111011 1111011101 1101111101 1011111101 1011111111 1011111011 1110011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 225
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • 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; gone, all, and, you are repeated.

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

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

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