So I Say: Mind, Don'T You Sleep by Ramprasad Sen: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem So I Say: Mind, Don'T You Sleep that begins with:

So I say: Mind, don't you sleep
Or Time is going to get in and steal from you....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xa bb ac Xc Xc XX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111111 110100101101 1110010101 010101 111011 11011011101 11010 01110101 011110011 1110110101 01001 1100001 0101101011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 64
  • Average number of words per stanza: 12
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you is repeated.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.

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