This is an analysis of the poem Dukhoboti Ma that begins with:

মা'র দুঃখগুলোর ওপর গোলাপ-জল ছিটিয়ে দেওয়ার ইচ্ছে ছিল,
যেন দুঃখগুলো সুগন্ধ পেতে পেতে ঘুমিয়ে পড়ে কোথাও...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X X XX X X X XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,2,1,1,1,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 275
  • Average number of words per stanza: 2
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 1
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; ' is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word ' 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 , ' are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word ' 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 words/phrases , ' connect the lines.

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  • summary of Dukhoboti Ma;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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