This is an analysis of The Request by Shiv Kumar Batalvi.
The sun that you stole
Was mine.…
Browse poems by Shiv Kumar Batalvi
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ABCB bdde fXdd dXgb dXgd eddh dehf ABCB X
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,
- Metre: 01111 11 011110010 11 0111101101 1101010 01001101010 01110110101 001010111010 0011010010001 01011000 011110010111 111001101 011010010010 11011111 10101 110101001 1010101111 1110101110 1111111 11110111001011 101011010011 0101110100110 1110111101 000010010011 00111110101 010010011 010010010010 01111 11 011110010 11 01001011010
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 9
- Lines: 33
Repeated words/phrases
it, mine, in
Anaphora
it, the, i
Epiphora
mine, it
Anadiplosis
it