This is an analysis of the poem September On Jessore Road that begins with:

Millions of babies watching the skies
Bellies swollen, with big round eyes...

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccDd eeee eecc Xccc eebb ffaa aagg hhii eeff ccdd aagg eebb aabb hXjj bbee hhXX hhhh bbXX bbii XXee hhii eehh eekk ccaa ggcc ddcc hhgg ccee hhaX aaff hhaa iiii geee cchh eeee ddhhXccDd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 100101001 10100111 11011011 100111101 1001001 1001001 1001001 100101101 110111011 1101001001 110101011 110101001 100101001 100101001 0101101 1001001001 1001100000 1011011011 0101101011 10111001101 1001001101 111001111 110011111 111101011 10101001 1011111 11011011 1011001001 101101001 1011011001 110101101 111111101 111101101 101101111 1101101 1110101 1100100101 1111101 110101101 1101100101 11001011101 11111111 110111001 11011101111 1101101111 01011101 0100111101 1011101101 1011111001 111111011 01011011011 100101111 101001011001 101011011 101101011 0100111101 100111001 0001011101 1101101011 1111101001 111101001 10011011 111111101 10001111101 010011111 1001111101 0010011011100 100101111000 110111001 1001001001 1110111101 101011111 101011011 1010110111 110111000 01001011100 100101101 1011011011 10001101011 100001101011 01010110 1101111 10011001 10111001011 101101111 01001001111 1001001001 10101100001011 1101010011 100101011 1001001101 1011011111 1101001001 101101001 1011001101 100101111011 111111101 1111001001 101101111 101111101 1111011111 1111001111 1001001001 100101001 1111001111 1111011111 1111001001 10010001001 1101011111 1111011101 111111111 1111011011 1001101111 1011001111 110111001 11011011011 00110011001 1111011011 1111001101 1111101011 1111111011 1111011111 1101011011 101101111 1101001111 01001011111 0110111111 100111011 1001011001 1101011101 1011001011 100101101010 1101001011 01101001011 11001011001 1101101011 1101111001 1101001001 1101001011 1101101001 110111011 110101011 110101101 1101101111 1101001 11011101 110101001 1101001011 1001001 1001001 1001001 100101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 38
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 152
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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; millions, of, in, why, where, ring, ye, we, i, what, how, many are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words millions, one, why, where, ring, what, how are repeated.

    The author used the same words millions, where, how at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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