Krishna Approaches Radha by Sant Surdas: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Krishna Approaches Radha that begins with:

Krishna said, 'O fair beauty, who are you?
Where do you live? Whose daughter are you? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaX XXXX XX bXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,2,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011110111 111111011 11011100101 10111110101 1110111 111111010 000100101011 10111110100 10111111100 1000110101 1001010100 011011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines you is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Krishna Approaches Radha;
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