This is an analysis of the poem What Happened that begins with:

Hurree Chunder Mookerjee, pride of Bow Bazaar,
Owner of a native press, "Barrishter-at-Lar,"... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaa bbcX dddd eefX bXXX ccgg ggXa fXhX ggXd hhcc XXaX Xahh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101010101 10001011000110 101010000101 101010010101 1010010010101 101010100111 111010010101 10111011000110 1101010101 101011010111 101010110111 101010111101 1010010011101 101010010111 110010010111 10101001001 101010110101 11100101110 110100110111 101000110101 101010110101 101111110101 101010010101 101010110101 0010100101001 111010010101 1101111111010 1001011100101 11100110111 101010010110 110010011101 11101010010 101010110111 0111001010001 10101011111100 10111110110010 10101010111 110010100101 101010010101 101010010101 1010101111110 1011101001010 1010101101111 1000101101010 10101011001 101010110101 10101110111 1010010010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 201
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 49
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    The author used the same word what at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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