This is an analysis of the poem Why Is Mother Kali So Radiantly Black? that begins with:

Why is Mother Kali so radiantly black?
Because she is so powerful,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdeefcaacgcXXbdghhiXXi XXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 25,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10101011001 01101100 1101000101010 01101100 11010001 110010 0101101 11101010 101010 00100101001 10100110001 1101000101 0101101 0100101001010 1100110101 01101011010 01010001000 1011010101 01010010100101010001 11101001010 0100101100 010110 10010100110110000 1111010101001 0101010100001000100 110110110 010111001000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 360
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; so, black, her, this are repeated.

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

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