This is an analysis of the poem Pother Disha that begins with:

চারিদিকে এই গুণ্ডা এবং বদমায়েসির আখ্‌ড়া দিয়ে
রে অগ্রদূত, চ'লতে কি তুই পারবি আপন প্রাণ বাঁচিয়ে?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX X XX X XX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 0,2,1,2,1,2,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1 1 1 11 11 1 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 559
  • Average number of words per stanza: 3
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 1
  • 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; ' is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word ' at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases , ' connect the lines.

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  • summary of Pother Disha;
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