This is an analysis of the poem The Buddha In The Womb that begins with:

Bobbing in the waters of the womb,
little godhead, ten toes, ten fingers...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXc Xdecfbbb dgafghigXaX Xicbcj ebhjXXfgf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,8,11,6,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100010001 101111110 1001 1111101 111111001 11 101011111 011 1001 110 1110001 010100 1111 0010011 0101 011110010 0101 0010 0111110 1110100010 1100100100 101 0001011 11111 1011110 10101 01010 0101 101011 1001011 0100 110111110 010101 01001 1010010 110 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of The Buddha In The Womb;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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