This is an analysis of the poem Maha-Bharata, The Epic Of Ancient India - Book Ii - Swayamvara (The Bride's Choice) that begins with:

The mutual jealousies of the princes increased from day to day, and
when Yudhishthir, the eldest of all the princes and the eldest son of...

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcX dedfgX ddhddi j X jj kk ll cX gg ee aa ll eh ee kk aX aa ee kk mm ee bb aX eX jj jj aa jj kk ll aa X i nn cc jj aX ee kk kk nn aa aa eX kkk jj kk jj jX kX ll jj gg ee jj X a jj ll nn kk aa aa jj lX ll X f Xa aa kk bb ll nn ee mm aa lX he aa oo aa e
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,6,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,3,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1,1,2,3,2,2,3,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 010010000100101011 110001001010101010 01101100010100100100 10101111110110 101010 0101000101100101000 1011100000110111 110001000100010010 0101101100110110 111001010101000100 10010010110001010 01011100010101000 10001001001101000 01000101010110101000 010101110100010 010101000101000100 110100100111001010 1 100100 101010101010101 101100101110111 11100011010101001 101110101111001 101110101010101 101011100110111 101010000100101 1110101001010111 111010101100101 100110111010101 011011101010101 101010000100101 101010101010101 001010101110101 101110101010101 101010101010101 101011100111010 10010101010101010 10101010100010111 111001100110101 101010101000111 111100101110001 101010101010111 1011101010101010 101110100111101 111011101011101 101010101010101 111111101111101 101111101010101 101111101010101 1010110101100101 1100010010111001 101010101010111 101110100110101 100110101010100101 1011010101010111 10111110101111 1110101010101111 101100101100101 1010001010101010 101010100010111 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1010110010100101 101010101010101 10100101001010101 101010101110101 111010101010111 111010101010111 101110101100101 001110101010101 101010101010101 101010111010111 11101101110101 1010101001010101 111110101010101 111101001111101 1011101001011101 1 010 110010101000100 101110101011101 110011101011111 101010101010111 111010101010101 110110101111111 100011001010101 101110101010101 001010101111101 101011101000101 100010101010101 001010101011101 001010001010101 111110101011101 001100111111101 001010101000101 001010001011001 111010101010111 101111101010101 1010101011111010 1010111010101010 100111101010101 101010101010101 101011101100101 101011101010101 101011001010101 10101110101001010 1111101111101010 1010111001010111 110001101000101 110010101010111 111011001100001 100010101010101 001010100110101 101010101010101 1110101010101101 111011100110101 100010001000101 101011110110101 111010101010111 101110101011001 110010101010101 101010101010101 1001010100001101 101010111010101 111111101011101 1 1001 101110101010101 101110101011111 101011101011111 1010101010101001 101010101110101 101010101010101 101010101011101 1010111011111001 101011101110011 101001101111001 101010101000101 111110101010100 111000101110001 101010101011101 101110101010101 101010101011011 1010100101001111 101010101010101 1010101110000111 1011101001000111 101110101011101 101010101010111 101010001100101 101110101110101 111010101011001 101100101010111 101010100010111 10010101010101001 111111101010101 101010101010101 1 00110 101010101110001 101010100010101 1011011101110111 1010111011011 01 110010101010101 111010101010111 101110001010111 100011101010101 101011101011101 101111111101 11 101010101010101 101010111000101 101011100010011 1011101010101010 110111011010101 100010111011101 1010111011001001 101010101010101 101010101010001 111111011110001 101010100110111 101010111010101 101011110010101 10101010010100111 110111101010101 001011101011101 101010001011101 110010101010101 101110101010111 111110101010101 101010101110101 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  • Amount of stanzas: 168
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 335
  • Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, to, her, from, with, ', saw, in, discus, came, by, his, bow, like, or, us are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, came, each, reft, let, to, krishna are repeated.

    The author used the same words the, and, this, bright, strove, krishna at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines the is repeated).

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

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  • summary of Maha-Bharata, The Epic Of Ancient India - Book Ii - Swayamvara (The Bride's Choice);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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