This is an analysis of Mira Danced With Ankle Bells by Mirabai.

Mira danced with ankle-bells on her feet.
People said Mira was mad; my mother-in-law…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X X X X X X a XXa
  • Stanza lengths: 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,3,
  • Metre: 1010101101 101101111001 111001001010 101101010110 1010 1100011011101010 1110101000101 10101001010 111001
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 9
  • Lines: 9

Repeated words/phrases

mira, i, of

Anaphora

i