This is an analysis of the poem ThisPoemWillProvokeYou that begins with:

This poem is not a Hindu.
This poem is eager to offend. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaabcaddeXfgbbfchficggdccdhfeihiejjXeadXXXaXXjffdigccXdafXdXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 61,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01001011 010010001 0100101010 0100011001001001010 010000101010 010010 01000100 0100010001000 010110101 0101010010 010100011 01010011 010101101001101010 010101101010001010 0100101010101000111 010101101001101010 0101001000101001 010011001010 0101010100010 0101010100110010 010111001101001 010101000111 01011001010110000011000 01001010001110 010010101110 01010010 0101001 010101010100110 0101110010 01010010 0101001001 0101010010110 010011000 010010101 0100101001 0101100 0100101000010010010 0101010100100101 01001110100 0100011 0101001010110110 010001000101000 010110100101 010111001 0100110001 01000100101 01010101010110111 01011101100101 010110101111111110 010011000111010 0100001001 01000100010 0100010010 010010010011100 01011001110 0100101010010 010110101001 01001010 01001101101000100 010010100 01001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2670
  • Average number of words per stanza: 461
  • Amount of lines: 61
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; this, poem,  , on, not are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word this is repeated.

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

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  • summary of ThisPoemWillProvokeYou;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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