Letters To Sri Arunachala - Verses 11-15 by Ramana Maharshi: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Letters To Sri Arunachala - Verses 11-15 that begins with:

11.
When the thieves, the five senses,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abbX X acXX X XbcX X dXeX X eadX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1010110 010011 111011 10000 1 1010110 111011 1110001 10000 1 10101 1000101 111011 10000 1 1110011 111010 1011011 10000 1 100111 111111 1000111 10000
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 45
  • Average number of words per stanza: 9
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 17 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3

  • 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; your is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines heart is repeated).

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