This is an analysis of the poem Kaanji, Kaanji Is What Everyone Calls You that begins with:

Kaanji, Kaanji is what everyone calls you,
But we will only call you cowherd! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABcXABXbcABdedABebXAB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10100110111 110101111 101010011 101111100 10100110111 110101111 1110011010101 1111011 1111011 10100110111 110101111 0111110110 11011000101 010010101011010 10100110111 110101111 10100011110110101 0010011001 0011010010 10100110111 110101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 855
  • Average number of words per stanza: 156
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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; you is repeated.

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  • summary of Kaanji, Kaanji Is What Everyone Calls You;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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