This is an analysis of the poem Maha-Bharata, The Epic Of Ancient India - Book Iv - Dyuta - (The Fatal Dice) that begins with:
Duryodhan came back from the Imperial Sacrifice filled with jealousy
against Yudhishthir, and devised plans to effect his fall. Sakuni,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbcXcXd Xecfgch ijikbc l f cc ii ii lX ii gX ii bX mm nn iX ee cc oX lX nn pp bX hh ll pp hh ii oo oo oX ee qq bX X X hX hh oo ii ee nn pp ii hh pX X d ll jo ff kk hX la hh ll ff pp bb nn eX pp oo bb iX ee ll bX ll gg ll kk ll oX ll X g jj ll qq ee oo e
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,7,6,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
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- Amount of stanzas: 162
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 328
- Average number of symbols per line: 61 (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; his, of, and, with, queen, her, in, lost, hath, thy, not, red, for, ', their, than, like, to, she, i, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words lost, wherefore, they, hast, and, like, bowed, kuru are repeated.
The author used the same words for, happy, help, kuru at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same words plaint, ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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