This is an analysis of the poem By The Grace Of The Holy Ones that begins with:

By the grace of the holy ones, all things turn out well
And by Krishna’s grace, one attains Krishna himself ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXbA bXXbA XXXXA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1010010111111 111011011001 101001101010001001 1010010111111 100100100001101 010111010110111 01110101100 110011001 1010010111111 0100101101010110011101 1101010 110010101101 110100101001 1010010111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 250
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; by, grace, of are repeated.

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

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

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  • history of its creation;
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