This is an analysis of the poem The Kingdom Of The Gandharaka Ruler that begins with:

The kingdom of the Gandharaka ruler
Has turned into a mere desert....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXbXbaXcbXbXcXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01000100010 11000110 01001001 011010110 01001010 10111100 010111001 010101100 0100101 1101101 01001010 01010100 010001001 110101101 010100101 100011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 515
  • Average number of words per stanza: 95
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; of is repeated.

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