This is an analysis of the poem Meditations Of A Hindu Prince that begins with:

ALL the world over, I wonder, in lands that I never have trod,
Are the people eternally seeking for the signs and steps of a God? ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eeff eedd ccgg aahh ccii iicc ffXd jjdd kkdd Xall
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1011011001111011 101001001010111001 10010101100101 1111101101110101 10010010001001011 101110011101001001 001111101110111 1111100101110101 01011101100101 11100101010100101 100110101100101 011110101010101 101001101011001001 0100110110100111 110101111110101 110011101111001 01101001010111011 10110100101100111 1110011100110101 01100111000101101 01111101100101 010111101100101 010011101100101 0010101101100101 110101100101101 110110111101101 111110010011101111 10111101100101 1010010011101001001 010110100101001 111100101100101 001011100110111 11100101011001001 0101001111011001 0011011101011010011 1011111010100111 111010010101001001 1101001111001001 1110011111100011 101100101110101 01101101011101001 00111111101100101 101101101101101011 001101111111011011 0110010011011001111 10110101110100101 01111011011101011 001101001011001011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 3451
  • Average number of words per stanza: 632
  • Amount of lines: 59
  • Average number of symbols per line: 58 (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; and, in, of, they, that are repeated.

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

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