This is an analysis of the poem Vidhva Rut that begins with:

O mother,
Tell me mother!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AABCDBE cefCaXDBf gCXhDXCBC AcXhbgaAAABCDBE
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,9,9,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110 1110 1111 001010 11 1111 001001 011100010 0110 0101100111 0010 110110 0111010 11 1111 00101 11110111 0010 01101011010 1011101 11 111111 0010 1111 001010 110 011101110010 111101010101 11101111010 11 1101110010 10 1110 110 1110 1111 001010 11 1111 001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 222
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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; mother is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Vidhva Rut;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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