Hymn Of The Dying Man by Romesh Chunder Dutt: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Hymn Of The Dying Man that begins with:

1.
Sole Rishi! Pushan! glorious Yama! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXabcbc XXdXdbeXe XaEaeEfXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1101010010 1010111 111111110 1001101 1111101 01011101 101011101 101010101 1 11010001 01010101 11110111 11010111 110011111 111010101 11110101 11110101 1 10101010 1110101 11111010 1111101 1110101 00101010 100011010 01101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 279
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • 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; light, of, me are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words th', let are repeated.

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