This is an analysis of the poem Karenge Ya Marenge that begins with:
Wherein are words sublime or noble? What
Invests one speech with haloed eminence, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaXbcbc ddeeff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 0111011101 0111010100 1001001111 1001111000 0001000101 0101110101 1101011101 1111001111 01001111111 1101010111 1111111100 1101010100 1011010111 1111100101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 300
- Average number of words per stanza: 56
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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; so is repeated.
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