This is an analysis of the poem Maha-Bharata, The Epic Of Ancient India - Book V - Pativrata-Mahatmya - (Woman's Love) that begins with:

True to their word the sons of Pandu went with Draupadi into exile,
and passed twelve years in the wilderness; and many were the...

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdeacbc XcddXd fghbXfdcc cbbX cihaXbbfbdcbjd dkhfbkfbhc i l cc cc jj cc ii dd gg hh mm kk lX hX X X cX kk kk cc jj hh nn jj jj oX cc eX nn kk nX gg hh gg ii cc kk jj cc cc ii gg cc cc gg cc oo hh dd jX cc hh ii dd aa gg hh X g cX cc Xa hh hh ii ll mX c
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,6,9,4,14,10,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
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  • Amount of stanzas: 223
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 475
  • Average number of symbols per line: 61 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, and, of, his, who, her, by, ', thy, to, loving, that, duty, like, this, my, she, me, for, our, with, holy, yama, on, i, vision, if, hath are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words in, by, and, choose, that, truth, like, of, for, then, if are repeated.

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines the, sight, ' are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases came, ' connect the lines.

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