This is an analysis of the poem The Himalayas that begins with:
O Himalah! O rampart of the realm of India!
Bowing down, the sky kisses your forehead...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xa bc XX bX de Xc bf gg XX Xg bg dh Xg ha cX ae Xd ii Xe Xf bg Xf ccXaf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11001100010100 1010110110 1010111101011 11100101111010 010111011100 10010111101000100 001011101101 001001111001110010 1101011001001 11100100000101 110110010010 11101001010101 01000101001111 111010110 11110001010100 11110111010101 010110011010 11010101010 01011011001 00101101001 110011101001 11011110100 110101000101 0111100100010 10100010100101010 1001010100010100010 01011000101010 111001000100101 100100100101 0100101010001010 01010000100011 10010101100100 101001001010 10101100101001 10100100010010 110001101110 1011010011 01010110001 1100011100101 1101010101010001 1110110010101 10100101111 110010101110001 1110010101110 01100010101010 11101101001010 101010111100 1010001110
- Amount of stanzas: 24
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 100
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, you, your are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words you, the, that, o are repeated.
The author used the same words the, that 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 effulgence, music, sophistication are repeated).
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- summary of The Himalayas;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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