This is an analysis of the poem Gunga Din that begins with:
You may talk o' gin and beer
When you're quartered safe out 'ere,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbccbXXdeedddXXX aaXffghhiXhiDdjeX ddabbadjXXgcXdbbX bbdbbdXgdjjdDdggX hhdggddddkkdddeed
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,17,17,17,17,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1111111 11100111 111010111000 1101010 10111110 111010101110 1010101 1110111 0100110001 0101001 010111 11101010101 111011 1101111101 1100100 10101111010 11011101010 010111 110101 1101111110 1011101 1010101 1101010111 1010111 0010101 10111110111 11010010101000100110100 1110101 111010110111 011011 1101010110 11110001 1110100111 011111101010 1111101 1010111 11101010111 0111111 1111101 10101010111 0110111101 1110101 1111010110000 1111101 1111101 111010101010 0110110 00101011101 1010011 1110111 101010111010 111001 1111001 00101111110 1110101 1011111 11011010101 110111 1111111 11111011101 0110101 1010111 01000010101 011011 100100010111 110101 1110101 11110101010 110101 010101 10101110101 111101 110111 101111101101 1111101 1011101 10111011101 1010101 1010111 11101010101 1111 1100010101 11101111 10101111 10101111101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 668
- Average number of words per stanza: 116
- Amount of lines: 85
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; din, you, 'is, it are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words you, an' are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines din, you are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word din at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Gunga Din;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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