This is an analysis of Prayers by Meena Kandasamy.

In an arid land of arid human minds
Caste, yet again authored a tragedy.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcdbe feXXXec XedXdcaXfc cb adXaa X
  • Stanza lengths: 6,7,10,2,5,1,
  • Metre: 01101010101 1101100100 1011110 10110010011 1101010100100 01100111 1101100001110 10011011 0100101101000 10110101000 0011101111010 10010101011 1001010 111011 110010000101 11001101101 01010101010 10100101 10110010101010 110110110011 001010011111001 11010110001101 0100100110110010 1101001 10001110010100 110111001110010 11010111010111 100111011111 01001101011101 101101011011 110010
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 31