This is an analysis of the poem Come Friend! Let's Go And Behold... that begins with:

Come friend! Let's go and behold the mango tree blossoming near Gokul!
Its sixteen thousand branches sheltering the three worlds!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaX XXX aXX XaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111010101100110 0011010100011 11111010101100110 1000010010101001001 101010011100100101 11111010101100010 01110010101100110010 1001001010110100110 11111010101100010 110010100010010111 01001011010100100101 11111010101100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 210
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 69 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • 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; it, in, and are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Come Friend! Let's Go And Behold...;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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