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

In the village they call her the dark girl
but to me she is the flower Krishnakali...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbCbX DX Xcefda DC begbdX DC bXXXfX DC XcgCbfXDC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,2,6,2,6,2,6,2,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0010110011 101100101000 10101001 110111011 111100101 011110101 1110110 111011000 111010 1011100101 1010101 0111001 100110101 11001000110 1110110 11101011 010011 10011 1110101 01001 10111111 0110011 1110110 11101011 010101 100011010 01111 0110101010 11001101 001010 1110110 11101011 01100101000 1101101110 0010100010 110111011 1011001 1100101010 1110110 11101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; dark, her, in are repeated.

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  • summary of Krishnakali;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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