This is an analysis of the poem Kha that begins with:

Beautiful lassies, where are you now?
You who don’t answer me anymore...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXbc bddXa cXdcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 100101111 111101101 11011011 110111101 1101001 110101101 111101101 1110110 110101111 101011 110101101 10100011 1111101 011110001 1111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 165
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; me, you, i are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Kha;
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