The Chanpa Flower by Rabindranath Tagore: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem The Chanpa Flower that begins with:

Supposing I became a chanpa flower, just for fun, and grew on a
branch high up that tree, and shook in the wind with laughter and...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXXcdXcaefXdfXbbbXXeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010101010101111110 11111110010101 101010101111110 111100111011110 1111110 111010110111111 1101101111110 111011001100101 1111111100100 1011110101 110011111101010 10001011111011111 1111110111001011 111010 11111010101101 101 100101100110010 10111110011001011 0111011111011010 1011011010 101111001111111 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1223
  • Average number of words per stanza: 228
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 55 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Chanpa Flower;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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