This is an analysis of the poem Union that begins with:
As the fumes of myrrh that mix with the odour of sandalwood
In a temple sacred to the goddess Lakme;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXabbaaXXcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101011100100100 00101000101 11110011 00101001101 1011101110 11011010101 101010 1111001 1011111 11111001001110 1101010 1011101110 10101010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 489
- Average number of words per stanza: 95
- Amount of lines: 13
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and are repeated.
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- summary of Union;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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