This is an analysis of the poem Who Is It Playing 'Panchama' At My Door? that begins with:

Who is it playing 'panchama' at my door?
Is he not content playing with me the whole night?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AB bXAB XXAB XXAB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 10010100111 011101001011 11111110001 11111011101010 10010100111 011101001011 10111010011010 011111101110 10010100111 011101001011 10111011100010 100111001011 10010100111 011101001011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 170
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, with are repeated.

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

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

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