This is an analysis of the poem Krishna Returning With The Herd that begins with:

Mohan comes herding the cows,
crown of peacock feathers on his head,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbXbbXaba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011001 101110101 1001010101 0010101 0101011 010101 100101010 1010111 1101010101 1100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 342
  • Average number of words per stanza: 62
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his is repeated.

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  • summary of Krishna Returning With The Herd;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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