This is an analysis of the poem Shiva that begins with:

There is a hawk that is picking the birds out of our sky,
She killed the pigeons of peace and security,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabacXcdbdXdee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 10011010011011 110100110100 1110100110001011 1010010100100 1101010101010 100110101001011 1000101110110 0001111011 000101010101011 01101100111001001 110001101001101 1010100111 10101001111011 11100111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 789
  • Average number of words per stanza: 149
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 55 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, she, with are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words she, this are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Shiva;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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