This is an analysis of the poem Society And Spirituality that begins with:

1. O, yee, immortal soul, elusive's the world
Entitled you are to become Adi-Deva ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaX aacaCC XdecXfXaa aXaXdd deggfh adgbiadjX hXefeKK eadejjKK XihjhX chaeXX dgiXgg agdcXdk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,9,6,6,9,7,8,6,6,6,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101100001 010110011010 0110001010011010 101111 10111 11001111 001000101 010111010101010 10010110101 1001011010 1001011010 10111000100 1111 11111101 0111 11110110 101111 111 10001 10 1010110011 11111000 101011 100100011 00110010 10010 110100001 11110101 100101010 1010101111 100011101 111001010 10100101001 01011 11001001 11110 10011 1010010001 0101011001 10 101100101100 110101010 010 111010 1011 1010 11101 11101 110011011 1100111 1101110010 0100101 1110 00100110 0010101 0010101 101111000 011100111 01111 10101 1001001 10100101 10110101010 101010010100 10111001111 1100101 1010100 1010100 11000010101 01001010 110101101 1010101101 101101001 101001 11111010 01010111 00110110 10101 100001010 10100011 11001100
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 216
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 81
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; focus, attention, on, contemplation, good, in, to, and, of, all, you, he's are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words contemplate, the, focus, do, who, you, in, tranquil are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines contemplation, others, all, be, mill, shalimar, him are repeated).

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  • summary of Society And Spirituality;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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