This is an analysis of the poem The God And The Bayadere - An Indian Legend that begins with:

MAHADEVA, Lord of earth
For the sixth time comes below,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: a b a b c d c deed f g f g c X X Xffh i X i i h j h Xggj j h j h h e h edde g X X X k e k ecce j h j h c d c dllX c h c h e j e Xhhj c c X c m n m nggX c c c X X f gXfiif
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,4,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,4,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,4,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,4,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,4,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,4,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,4,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,4,1,1,1,1,1,1,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1000101 1011101 1010101 1110111 1011001 10100101 0010101 1111101 11101101011 01001001001 11001101011 1110101 1111101 1010101 1110101 1001010101 1111001 1011010100 101011000 01011001101 11001001010 110010010001 1111101 10011100 10010111 1110101 10110110 1011101 110011010 10111010 11001011001 11001001011 101001101011 1110101 0011101 1111011 1010001 1010111 1011101 10100101 1010101 11011001001 010001101101 11011011001 10101110 1010110 10111110 1010101 1011111 1010111 1010101 10101001 11011001001 11101001011 11001101001 1110111 1010101 1110111 1010101 1011111 1011101 1010111 10011001 11101101001 11011111001 10110111111100 1110101 1011111 10111111 10000111 1110101 1010011 1111101 11101010 01101011101 11101011111 11101111011 10110111 0111101 1110100 1110111 0110101 1110111 0010111 1010101 11011001101 11011011001 1100100100100 1010111 1010101 1011001 11101010 1010110 0010101 1110111 1010101 001001001111 01001111001 11001001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 72
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 50
  • Average number of words per stanza: 9
  • Amount of lines: 107
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, and, her, she, his are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, then, oh 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.

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