This is an analysis of the poem Indian Republic that begins with:

Long live the Republic of Bharat!
Victory to the Republic of Bharat!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX XabcB cdceXXB acfefXB XdaXB caXeB fXXXb X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,5,7,7,5,5,5,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110010010 10000010010 10100101 010101 010010 01110001 110010 1111101 011100101 11101 010000101 1110010100 11010101 110010 101110001 010101 10000101 01001001 100101 010001 110010 1111101 110010 110101101 1101101 110010 0011101 1101101 10010101 010100101 110010 11001111 11100101 111001110 110010101 110010 01000101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; of is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word we is repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Indian Republic;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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