Thou Came For The Sake Of The Poor by Kazi Nazrul Islam: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Thou Came For The Sake Of The Poor that begins with:

Thou came to the world, Hazrat!
For the sake of the poor, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXaaXXa Xabb ccaXcXab ddXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,7,4,8,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100110 101001 1101010 0111010 1101010010 110010010 100011110 010111 110001001010 100011110 110100111 11011 01010111 01011101 00100101 01101011 0101101 011111 00101101 10110010101 11110001 101100010 100010011 101111101 1110011101 01000101100100101010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 155
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, some, be, and are repeated.

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

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