This is an analysis of the poem Wall, Cave, And Pillar Statements, After Asoka that begins with:

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the statements should he carved ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abacdeeea efgfhgghgbagXXbdXhcfdddbibbXXfXXjafjf gbdbidfffXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,37,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010001110 010111 111111 11010101 01010101 01010101 010101 0101010101 011101010 01011001 11101111 000100100011 1000011001 11111100 0001000101 10001001 0111000100 011101 010111011 101010010 010101001 010000000 10100101 1111001 0101001 010011011 010010100100 10101011 0010011010 10100001 00011111 00110110 110 000010101 1010010100 101101010 0110111 111010010 1011111 1100011110101 11001000111 110101101 0001101011 0111101101 0101100101 10100101 100100101 010011011001 1101111010 100010110101 00010001011 1011001010 0100001111011 1010111011 0110100101 0101101011 1001000100001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 710
  • Average number of words per stanza: 129
  • Amount of lines: 57
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; on, near, honesty, best, good, to, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, reason, that are repeated.

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

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

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