This is an analysis of the poem An Indian Love Song that begins with:

He
Lift up the veils that darken the delicate moon ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcXcXdddXcXc a efXfcXcXb a gagadbdXehXh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,12,1,9,1,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 110111001001 011011 01111001 011001011001 1101001010 1011001 101010010 11001011001 1111011001 101011001 011110010010 110010011 1 11110010110 111111 1110111010 0101011 110010110100111011 010101101101 01101 110110110101101101 0101110101101011011 1 1101011010 1111001 1111111110 111101 1110111010 0101111 0100110101 1010010 111100101 1100101 01001010010 1100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 226
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, thy, my, and, what are repeated.

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

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