This is an analysis of the poem Kanji Is Drenched In Saffron that begins with:

Kanji is drenched in saffron, the damsel drenched in deep orange!
Their eyes drenched with love, they wait at the doors of garden!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABXcAB bcXAB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100101001010110 1110111101010 11110110001011010 11110101111100101 100101001010110 1110111101010 0110101100010 1101010001001010010 0100100101101 100101001010110 1110111101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 351
  • Average number of words per stanza: 63
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • Average number of symbols per line: 63 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • 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; drenched, of, in are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines garden is repeated).

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

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