This is an analysis of the poem Arjuna's Penance that begins with:
And tuneful ducks before bini fly,
And with tlieir ^'oices fill the brake, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X ab ac de de Xf Xc gX gh fi fi jh ji hbXh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 110101101 10110101 01011101 01010101 01010101 110101001 01011001 11010101 11010001 11010111 110101011 1010101 10010101 01010101 110101001 01000111 11010111 11111101 1110110 1000010111 111111010 10010101 11001101 11010101 110101010 101111 10011001 11110101
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 66
- Average number of words per stanza: 12
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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