This is an analysis of The Pardah Nashin by Sarojini Naidu.

HER life is a revolving dream
Of languid and sequestered ease;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc dedXcc Xbebebb
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,7,
  • Metre: 01000101 01010101 01010101 110101111 01001101 11011100 01010101 010011101 01110101 01010100 110001001 11000101 11110101 010100001 11010101 11010001 11010100 11010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 20

Repeated words/phrases

her

Anaphora

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