This is an analysis of the poem The Law Of Death that begins with:

The song of Kilvani: fairest she
In all the land of Savatthi. ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaabbaa aaccddeebX ffeeeggXbXbbfX aahhffccfffXaahhiiXi eejjeefXjjkkeXXee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,10,14,20,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010100101 01010100 11111111 110010101 11111111 011110111 010101001 11110111 11011001 10010101 010010101 10010111 01110101 01110111 11100111 11011111 10010101 01111000 11110111 11010101 11011111 11010101 11011101 100110111 11111101 110101110 110010101 1101110110 11000101 11010001 101010101 0100111110 11110101 11011101 11010101 11000101 11010111 01111111 01110101 01010101 100011111 10110111 11110101 011111010 11011101 010011101 01011101 010010101 11011100 11010100 010111100 0101101110 01011111 110101001 11010101 11110101 11110101 101111100 11110111 111111110 11010001 11011111 111101111 01110101 101110101 110101010 100101001 11011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 424
  • Average number of words per stanza: 77
  • Amount of lines: 68
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; of, her, and, she, to, as are repeated.

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

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