This is an analysis of the poem Tell Me Brother that begins with:
Tell me, Brother, how can I renounce Maya?
When I gave up the tying of ribbons, still I tied my garment about me:...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaaXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101110110 1111010010111110011 1111101101110110001 11111101111001 111011010011 1110101110001 1010011110011010010 1110011100110101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 500
- Average number of words per stanza: 98
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 62 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, up, my, when, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words when, and are repeated.
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