This is an analysis of the poem You Alone Are The Beginning that begins with:
You alone are the beginning, the middle, and the end!
You alone, you alone, Sri Hari! ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABXXXcdcedAB XeXbAB ebXaAB XcXXAB aXeAB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,6,6,6,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10110010010101 10110111110 1101000010 110010101010 10011111 100111101111 1010101101 111010 1100101001001 10101010101 10110010010101 10110111110 01001001010101010 010101010111001 10000110100 11100100101110100 10110010010101 10110111110 1101011010100010 10010100100 111100010010 10100101100100010 10110010010101 10110111110 110100010 11011110 11010100110100 110110100010 10110010010101 10110111110 01000011101000110101 11100111010001010 0100110100100 10110010010101 10110111110
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 322
- Average number of words per stanza: 57
- Amount of lines: 35
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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; you, alone, and, of, million are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words you, the are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word hari at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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