This is an analysis of the poem Love And Supreme Sada Shiva that begins with:

1. In a superbly beautiful pose,
Sweet as honey, is ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXBB XaaXcXBB ccdeccBB fggchcBB fcXahXBB XfXiXbBB ddddXeBB iXXgBB ieeiBB jjaXcaBB kbcakbbbXkahhccbB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,8,8,8,8,8,8,6,6,8,17,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001001001 11100 011010 11001 1010010 11101110 1000 1011011 111110 11111 010011 11001 1010010 11110100 1010101101 1110010 001101 110110 101001101 11001 1010010 101011111 01101 11101 1101101 110111 11111 11001 1010010 1101101 10101 11001 1101011 1010101 01010 11001 1010010 10100010 01001 11110 110010 101001 01001 11001 1010010 11011111 001111 10110100011 110001011 10011001 1010010 11001 1010010 1110011 1010101000 11001110 110010011 11001 1010010 100101 1010101110 101100010 00101 11001 1010010 1001101 0101001 10110111000 010 1100111 10101 11001 1010010 111010 10011001 100111 11011 1111110 1010011 11001 1010010 100100 1010001001 111111 101 1001 110111 110011 1010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 207
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 89
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; hope, to, him, love, of are repeated.

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

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

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase love connects the lines.

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