This is an analysis of the poem Neither Hindu Nor Muslim that begins with:
Neither Hindu nor Muslim,
Sacrificing pride, let us sit together....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXbcXXdbXda dXXXXXX Xaacd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,7,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011110 10101111010 1010110 1110101 111010101 10101101 1010110 1010110 11110111100 1011101001111 1111101001001 11111110 100101011011 11101001010 111010010101 101100110110 1110100 100111010110 0101101011001 11100111110010010 11101010 11110110 1101101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 182
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; neither, nor, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word neither is repeated.
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