This is an analysis of the poem You May Have Obtained Nama that begins with:
You may have obtained nama, but without Rama
Your title of Vaishnava is barren like a cradle in a childless home...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABB bXcXcABB XcccABB cddABB XXXXAbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,8,7,6,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111011010110 1100100010101000101 1010010011 1010111110011 1101001010001 110101010101010 11001000 1001010111101 111011010110 1100100010101000101 1010010011 1100100011010 111010011010101 1110101001111000101 001010100101 1111000010110 1100100010101000101 1010010011 11110110011010110 110100111111001 010011011 1111000010110 1100100010101000101 1010010011 110101011100 1110100010 01001000101000010 101010010100010 111011010110 11001000101000101 10100100101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 321
- Average number of words per stanza: 56
- Amount of lines: 31
- Average number of symbols per line: 51 (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; you, without, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words you, how are repeated.
The author used the same word you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word groom at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.
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More information about poems by Narsinh Mehta
- Analysis of Vaishnav Jan To
- Analysis of Pointless It Is To Lament
- Analysis of Dearer Than Life Is The Vaishnava To Me
