This is an analysis of the poem O Death! Get Away; Whatcanst Thou Do? that begins with:
O Death! Get away; what canst thou do?
I have imprisoned Mother Kali....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXaXXaXXX X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,1,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111011111 110101010 11101011 10100011 110101110 1111101000 11010110100000 101011111101 01010111010 111111110 101010101011 111101101 10011010 1011101100 1100 1011001111010010101 01010100110
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 327
- Average number of words per stanza: 57
- Amount of lines: 17
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; i, my, have are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
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