This is an analysis of the poem Forty Verses On Reality 11-20 that begins with:
11.
Is it not, rather, ignorance to know all else ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXbac Xdadedf Xdgdabghif XaXiXciXb Xiiiiii XaXjj Xbkgaflgb Xlhffkefm XglgXm Xdfbf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,10,9,7,5,9,9,6,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1 001101000111 011011010 1111101 1001000101100 10110010 1 1010110 1010101100 10101110 10110101011011 001010 00101 1 011010 00100100 100101000110 01101010100 100101001 10100100 0010001100001 1100101 0101011111 1 00110101 101011101 1101001 11000001000101100 001111010 00101 11110110 011100101 1 1001000001 101101001 111101001 010010010001 10101010001 01100101010 1 01011011101 0111011010111111 1111010011101011101 11110110010011 1 0111110101 1110111 011010010 100100 111111101 0100100100111 111010101010 011101001 1 011111010111101 110101 101111101 100100010001 010111 111010010 110100001 0010100010 1 101111100010100 110011010001 1110110110100 1101101 0101101000 1 111101100111001010 1111110111 11100101010101 111010111010101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 383
- Average number of words per stanza: 69
- Amount of lines: 76
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; knowledge, and, to, we, those, who, have, of, sees, god, self, he are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word it is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word them 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 we connects the lines.
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More information about poems by Ramana Maharshi
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