This is an analysis of the poem Millenial Hymn To Lord Shiva that begins with:

Earth no longer
hymns the Creator,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabcdeeeXdafXGhha bbddiXddbedjddkdabidcejlceeijjdjjcfjdddidcdcbidcXcmdjdGcnaA jXojapaejddddcccclcqdddidcclcjoigdcbaldjbccdXclmjjbdpigaA eaimgcgpXqpdhccghlcgbaA paXpnejpddgcicaibak
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,59,57,23,19,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110 10010 0101010 010010 101011 010110 1101 11010 1100100 110110 11010 00101 010010 00101 01010 01111 1010110 10110 0100001010 11011 110010 0110 10100100 1111010 111000 01011 010110 11010 1011010 110010 111 0110 1110 111011 111 00010 00101 00100100 01010 101010 1011 011 100100 10110 110110 101010 111100 10010 100100 10101 1010100 0010111 110110 11010 1110 11010 1010 1010 010100 1010111 1101 100101010 11010 0101 01000100 01010 01001010 0100110 111001 1011 101010100 101010 00110 01111 1010010 0011 110010 0100001010 01010 11101 01011 10101 01010 11111 10110 1110010 10011010 101110 1001 01010 100111010 101001010 010110010 10011010 100101010010 111101 001111 00101 111001 10111101 011110 110100 111101 11111 101010 11111 11010 1010100 101100 0110100 101101 01011 01010 011011 10110 1000010 011010 011 001001 01010 110 11010 110010 01110010 11101 1111000 100101 11010 101001 11001 011101 1010100 01111 100010 0100001010 00010 011010 010100 1110100 1001 01110 1100 11111 1101 1101 0000100 1111 1100100 10010111010 111011001 10101111 10010110100 110101 010010 01111 1110110 101010 0100001010 11001 001010 01100 0111 0111 11110 011011 010010 011010 011010 101001 01101 00100100 01101 101010 1010 101001 01010 00101001000
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 799
  • Average number of words per stanza: 134
  • Amount of lines: 177
  • 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; and, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, our, a, their, post are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word purifier at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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