This is an analysis of the poem Maha-Bharata, The Epic Of Ancient India - Book I - Astra Darsana (The Tournament) that begins with:

The scene of the Epic is the ancient kingdom of the Kurus which
flourished along the upper course of the Ganges; and the historical...

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabcd efgg XhigcjeXhe XeXkhck j l bb ee aa dX dd dd dd dX ee dd dd mm hh aa dd mm ee ee jj ee jj ee ee X g mm aa jj mm jj hh nn ee dd X X jj ee ee hh ll Xe hh gb hh ee eX X X dd dd hh nn geX jj nn aX jX dX aa nn aa ee ee ee j X jj ee oo jj dd hh ee hh ee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,10,7,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,2,3,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01001000101000101 100101010010100100 111010010011111 01010101001010000 11111100011 010001010110101111 01010110110100110 0101110110100100 101 1000101010101011100 10010101010110011 01001011010100101 101010011000011001 010101010111000100 10100100111001001 0100110001100011011 1010101001001000110 1100010100101010001 0101100010100100 001010100110101011110 0101001011111010 010110010101011010 010111001011101100 010001111010101001 110110111110000100 1010010 1 0100 101010101010101 101010101110101 1010111000101001 101111001010101 111000110100101 1010101010111001 101010111011111 101111101011101 101010111010101 1010101001011111 101110101010100 101010101011101 101110101010101 1001010101010101 100111001111101 101011101011101 10011100100101 101011101010101 101010111010101 1010101010111001 1010101010101111 101011101010101 101110101110101 1011101111100101 1010111010010101 101001111011101 101010101011101 1010101000111001 1111001011100101 101111001010101 110010101010101 100110101010101 10111001010101001 1110101010100101 101000101010101 101111101010111 101010101010101 101010101010111 101011101010101 101011101011101 0010111011101001 10101111010101 10000101010101001 100110101011001 101010101000101 1010010011100101 1 010 100110101011101 011011101111101 101010100100101 101010101010101 101010101000101 111010101010101 101110101010111 101010101001101 011011101010111 111010101100001 1010101011100110 1010101010101010 101011101010101 1111101010100101 10111010010010101 101110101110101 111001101110111 111011100110101 1 101100 101111000110111 111010101010101 011111000110111 11100101000111001 111010101110101 1011111011100101 101010111100101 101000101100101 101010100100111 1011111010101001 101011001010101 111010101010111 101010101010101 101110101010101 001110101010001 1011101001010101 0110101010111010 1010001010101010 111010101010101 101110101011101 1110101010111001 1010101010101010 1 011010 100110100010101 101010100010101 111111100010101 101110100010111 101010101010101 101110101010101 101010101010101 101010101000111 1010011101000101 101101010101110 1 101110101011001 101010101011001 111010111010101 111011001010101 1001010101010101 111000101010110 101011001010101 101010101010111 1011110111111101 10111001010001010 101000101011111 100011001011101 1001110101011101 001110101010101 101010101011101 001010101010111 1110101010010101 001110101010101 111010101110101 111011101010111 1010101000010101 101010101010101 1 011010 1010111010101011 101010101010111 111010101011101 111011101010101 101010100010001 001010111010101 111010101010111 001000101010101 101100101010101 1011101010100101 101011001010111 101111101100101 101010101010111 111010100010101 1010011001010101 100001101010101 001011001010101 10101010110101 101100111010101 10001010010101001 101000101010001 10101010010101010 101011101010101 1010010101010100111 001011101010101 101010101011001 101010101101001 1100011001010101 101010101110101 101010101010101 111010101011101 111010101000101 111110100010111 1111100110101001 101010011011001 101110100010101 101011101011001 001100100011101 1 010100 101011001010101 111010100011101 10101101110101 1011111011110010 101001001110011 111010101010101 10011101010101 1011011110101110 101010101110101 101010101111101 111010101001101 111010101000101 101011101010101 1001011101110111 111011101110111 111001101010011 101010101010101 111110101010101 101010101010101 100010100010101 101010101000111 0011101010101001 101010101010111 101110101010101 111010101010101 111010101010101 1010100111010101 1110101110010101 110010101110111 1011101011101001 101010101011101 111010101010101 110010100110101 101110101010101 111010101011101 101111101010101 1 0100010 101010101010101 101010101010101 101010101010101 101111101011111 1110111001011101 111011101011111 101011101010101 101111101011101 101010111011101 101110101010101 111011001010101 111000101011111 10101110001101 10101111010111 111011101011101 1011101010100101 101010101010101 101010111010101 111010101110101 10101111000101 101010100010101 101011001010101 101001001011101 101110101010101 111011001110111 0100101100101110 101010100011101 111010100011101 1 010010 1010111010100101 101010101010101 10101110010100 101110101100101 001010101010101 111010101011101 11110010110101 111010101110111 0110100101010101 111010100100101 111010100010111 101010101011111 11101111010101 1010001010101001 1001010101010111 101110101110101 1 1001 101010100010101 110000101010101 1101111010101001 101110111110101 1011101001110101 1010101001110111 1010111001011101 101001001000101 1011100101101101 1001110101110101 101110101011101 111110100011101 101010111110101 101010101010111 10111101111111 111011101100101 110010101010101 1010010101011101 101110101010101 100010101100101 101011101010101 101010101010111 100010101010101 1100001010010101 11101011010101 11110100010101 101011001010001 111010101010111 101001010100100101 110010101011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 155
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 312
  • Average number of symbols per line: 59 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, which, pandu, and, as, or, god, to, spake, with, his, their, mark, on, round, like, in, ', by, thy, arjun's are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words let, and, each, bhima, mark, like, karna are repeated.

    The author used the same words and, bhima, gathered at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Maha-Bharata, The Epic Of Ancient India - Book I - Astra Darsana (The Tournament);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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