This is an analysis of I Remember, I Was There by Jibanananda Das.

I remember I used to be a king of Babylonia
You were my slave girl,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXabbacdb bccXe eafdfa cggbXX X
  • Stanza lengths: 9,5,6,6,1,
  • Metre: 101011000101000 10111 00101010101101010 001110110010 0101010001111111 11101101 1111010111 101101 001000111000 010101111001 0111001101 1111101001 1111 11111011110111 01111100001 111000101010010 11010100111110 1111010011011101 01010011101101 1110001101 1111101011101 1111111110 11001010 1011100010100 1111111011010 0011110101110101 10010010010111010
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 27

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

in, they