This is an analysis of the poem Maha-Bharata, The Epic Of Ancient India - Book Vi - Go-Harana - (Cattle-Lifting) that begins with:

The conditions of the banishment of the sons of Pandu were hard. They
must pass twelve years in exile, and then they must remain a year in...

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcd XecfecfXXfghicX bjic ifXdjcjk dXiibihjd a f jj aa ll ff cc cc jj ff Xb bb Xb Xc mm ff eX cc cc ff bb ff mm ff jj nn mX X X ff ff bX ff ff mm bX ff fX hh fX mm X d aa dd nn ff fX ff mX ff gX aa mgm ff ff ff cc ff aa cc oo ff ff cc cc bb ff oo gX ff c
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,15,4,8,9,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,3,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1,1,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
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  • Amount of stanzas: 163
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 346
  • Average number of symbols per line: 60 (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; they, must, of, and, in, king, to, his, thy, my, me, that, arjun, these, arrows, bow, with, sword, i, we, not, our, her, matsya's, came, by, takes are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and are repeated.

    The author used the same words next, where, and, but, came 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).

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  • central theme;
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