This is an analysis of the poem Gokul Is My Heart that begins with:

1. Gokul is my heart where
here's thy milk shop. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcddEfcghhih cjedXkhXbajcjd lecgcmenh ddlidc a fdcicmk emldkej kcfXla XXeghdk eddka ldXgdoh ngcilgpc acckhdk Xepndh jjchheg fdadqdXb rXdmek ckoc khadhk rkkdceXdd kksmdm facohhe dp k nckcEehc pXnqco ejXtkhkk emleieehj sckkehecXtmhthaerp
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,14,9,6,1,7,7,6,7,5,7,8,7,6,7,8,6,4,6,9,6,7,2,1,8,6,8,9,18,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100111 1111 10111011 01011 10101 1111 11011101 1101 110011 0111 110010 101 1111 1101011 100101 1101 101101 0100 1100010 01001 10101010 11100101 00101 10110 011 10110 1101 11011011 101011 1010111 11100111 00101001 10 10111 1111011 010010 110101 110111 1011110 011 11101111 01 1 0111111 10111 101101 0101 0010101100 11001 11111111 1010101 10100010 11010101 1011 00110 11011 10010 11110011 11 1111 011011000 10101 01101 111101110 01010 1111 01001 111100 111011 1011001 101010011 101110 1101101 11001101 101 1111101 011 1101000 11101 11 1001110 001101 11011101 10 11010110 0101011 1011101 011 111010 001011 111111 1111 0111 11111 110 10110111 10010 11011111 111101 010100010 1110001 110100010 010 11011010 110011 01001 10111 01010 1001101 0111 1010111 0100101 1010111101 11111 11001 110111 11110 11111 110100110 110011100 01001 100011 1101 11011101 1101010101 111011010 11100 001000101 1101111 11111 01111 010011 1010110 1 111001010 0101 00101 111000 00 100010011 0100111 111010 11010 1110010100 101101 1010010101 111101 11 1111 101100100001 1011 01101 101101010 100101 1010100 100 101110001 010101010 10100111111 11001111 11 111111 1101 1111 10101 11010110 11 1111010010 11101111 11111 10110 11011 01100 11000001 1110 1010010 11100 010110 1100111 10100 001 111011 110 0011 100101 01001101 100101 100101 100100 010 1111001 1011 011010 1010010 10100101 110111 1011 111 1100010 0101010011 110110 10010 1101010 1 1000101 110 010
  • Amount of stanzas: 29
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 175
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 209
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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

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

    The author used the same word 2 at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases all, connect the lines.

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  • summary of Gokul Is My Heart;
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