This is an analysis of the poem Sestina: Here In Katmandu that begins with:

We have climbed the mountain.
There's nothing more to do. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abacdb badbca abcabd dabbac cdaabbXbcbdaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010 110101 00100011 0010 1011010 1101 1100011 10010 11010 1001001 0010 1111101 0010000111 001001 110010 1111010 110101 1110 1010 101111 11101 011110101 01010 110010 010100010010 010110110 01101010 1101101 11001 11101 110011010101 010010010 11111 1111110 11 11010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 170
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines snow, down, flowers, valley are repeated).

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  • summary of Sestina: Here In Katmandu;
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