We Are Like That by Narsinh Mehta: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem We Are Like That that begins with:

We are like that-yes we are like what you say!
Call us depraved by love, we will still serve our loved Damodar....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXA bXA XbXA XXA XXA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111111111 110111101111100 11111111111 11010101001010 1010101001010110 11111111111 0101100110001 1101111101010 1001010 11111111111 11011101010001 11101111001 11111111111 1100101011111100 1101001001001111001 11111111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 165
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10

  • 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; we, like are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word we is repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of We Are Like That;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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