This is an analysis of the poem We Will Simply Forsake Anything That Stops Us that begins with:
We will simply forsake anything that stops us
From chanting the name of Narayana! ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXb XabAX cXAX XXXXcAX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,4,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101001101111 0100101000 00100101010010 0111111 10111101100111 1100110110 1011111110110 1001101111 0100101000 101010111001011110 1011001110111011110 1001101111 0100101000 10101111001001101010 1010111011 10101001001101101 110100010011100 0100101001001010 1001101111 0100101000
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 241
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
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; our, we, and, of 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 narayana at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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