This is an analysis of the poem Umara De Sarvar that begins with:

From this life-pond, o my song
Fill your beak ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDEFG ahXcXeddG fXaegbXG abXhdXgXGXABCDEFG
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,9,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0011111 111 001001010 001101011 010001 10101 11101 10111 111010 111001 0100010 110110 11101110 1111011 11010011 11101 11110101 110 101111 1101001001010 10011 1101101111 110011 11101 111 01111 101001 100111 1001111 111 1111 110 11101 0011111 111 001001010 001101011 010001 10101 11101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 199
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; not, they are repeated.

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

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

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

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  • summary of Umara De Sarvar;
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  • history of its creation;
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