This is an analysis of the poem Ma! The Dark Cobra With Pearl that begins with:
Ma! The dark cobra with pearl, my Kanha has stung my being!
My life rolls away in waves, someone retrieve it for me please!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABXXAB XXAB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101100111011110 111010111010111 111100111001001 0101010110010 101100111011110 111010111010111 011110101001 001110001010100101000110 101100111011110 111010111010111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 312
- Average number of words per stanza: 58
- Amount of lines: 10
- Average number of symbols per line: 62 (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; my, me are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word please at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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