The Bride-Soul by Kabir: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem The Bride-Soul that begins with:

When will that day dawn, Mother;
When the One I took birth for...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbXcXdAddeffffXAgXXbhhgAdecX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011110 1011111 110010101 1110100110 1101110111 10110110 1011110 10101010111 101010111 1010101011 0100100011 111111 111011011 100010101 0100101 1011110 101111001 1101101010 01010101101 1001101 1111010100 10111110 10111001 1011110 10110110111010 110111011001 1100111010 10101001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1042
  • Average number of words per stanza: 193
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7

  • 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; to, you are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words when, i, i'll are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Bride-Soul;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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