This is an analysis of the poem Duryodhan At Dvaipayan that begins with:

In the far horizon streaks of blood
merge into the black gloom;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcc dXeXXfXcXcaghadcdgfibiddjccbbj aacbkllijjcm XXedch XXcccdXdjno ljgfXdhXljao dcijbdcjdjpif ejdcabcXjabX afaoeiigX dgdej qldajjbj Xakiqcm liXnpXbc gejXfXjbl annahlfiXXcdilkcgjcl aXbcjbhX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,30,12,6,11,12,13,12,9,5,8,7,8,9,20,8,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 001010101 100011 01101010101 11101 11111111111 01011110100 10000010 11100100 1111000 1111100100 100110010100 111011 101011000 1101010 101010101 01011101 111111 01011101 10011001 11 0111101110 1011011 10111010 110100 10001101001 110101 101001 1011 10000111 110001001 1100111 11101001 0111 0101 0111001 011010011 1010101 10101 11010101 101001010 1010101 010110101 0100101 111111 1101001 0101010 11000100100 1001100 11011010 10011 1110101 11 111100 110100100 0100010 101000101 10000001010 1100110 101010 11010011 01101101 011111 11101 01101010101 10101 1111001 10101011100 1010010010 1011 10101000101 01001010 010011 1010101 01001001010 10100101 11100 100101011 110111001 1011 010010101 1010100 0100101110 110 11101 100100010 10011101 1010100100 010100100 100101100 110110 111101001 01001101 1101101 010101011 1101101010 1111100 10110010 11010 101010010 00101000 1001101 1000111100 10010001 111101 011100 1001101 01000011 0001101001 010101100 101111001 10011001 1011 10001010 11010010 11100101 0101 111 11101 1111001 101011100 1010 01011 11001100 1111010 1011011 010010 100011111 1010001 100101110 100101 011110 011001010 111011 01111001 110100100 01111 01101 100101001 11101100 11111110 0110 11110100 110100 111 11101 10010 1010111 1111 110111 0100111 010010011 1001011 01100010 100010001 010011110 1010001010 101001 11111001 1011001 0101010 0010111010 100111001 111010101 100100011 101101101 110101011 110111 011010 11001001 110010 11110010 10110101 1100101001 1001100 1001101000
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1052
  • Average number of words per stanza: 169
  • Amount of lines: 191
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, where, yet, his are repeated.

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

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

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

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  • summary of Duryodhan At Dvaipayan;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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