This is an analysis of the poem The Cummerbund: An Indian Poem that begins with:

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She sate upon her Dobie,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: a BcdXefXf X gghgdigi X fgfgacgc X BheXeghg a ibXXXieiXcdhd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1101010 010101 11010111 1111110 0101001001 011001 11000110 110101 1 01010101 011001 110101001 0101001 01110101 110101 11110101 010101 1 11010101 110111 110010001 010111 010101001 110101 11010101 100101 1 1101010 110101 11110101 1100010 01110101 0101010 11011001 1101110 1 110111001 0100010 111101010 1101010 11010001 110111 11011111 010111 01111101 111111 11010011 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 53
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word she is repeated.

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

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