This is an analysis of the poem O Today It’s Diwali! that begins with:
O today it’s Diwali! O it’s the Festival of Lights for me!
For the Lord with garland of wild flowers, at last, has come to me!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AAbAA bbbaA cdbXXaA cXdAA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,7,5,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 10100101001000111 1010100110111101 101111010101001101 10100101001000111 1010100110111101 1110101110001001 11100101111 1110101 10100101001000111 1010100110111101 010011001 110010010101001 01101101 1101001010 101010010100 10100101001000111 1010100110111101 01011111011 1110111001 1110110011111 10100101001000111 1010100110111101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 304
- Average number of words per stanza: 60
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 54 (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; o, of, it, s, me, for, lord are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word for is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word me at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- idea of the verse;
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