This is an analysis of the poem A Song Of Kabir that begins with:
Oh, light was the world that he weighed in his hands!
Oh, heavy the tale of his fiefs and his lands! ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccbb XXbb Xbbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11101111001 11001001101 11100111101 101001010001 101101001101 01101011101 0100111101 101001110001 111011101111 111101111110 01101011001 111001110001 01101001001 001001101001 111001011101 10110110010001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 199
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 10
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; his, and, one, has, brother are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words oh, he are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word avowed at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of A Song Of Kabir;
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- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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