This is an analysis of the poem Maha-Bharata, The Epic Of Ancient India - Book Vii - Udyoga -- (The Preparation) that begins with:

The term of banishment having expired, Yudhishthir demanded that
the kingdom of Indra-prastha should be restored to him. The old...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcdefe g h aa gg ff ii jX kk gg gg bb aa bb ii ff ll aa mm bb jj aa nn cc jX aa X h nn bb jj jj bb bb bb kk dd ff ff mX bb X h aa gg nn ii Xa ff bb bb ff ff jj bb oo jj bb aa jj mm ff ff nn bX X h kk mm jj bb bb jj jj aa mm bX mm jj ff ll mbm g X kk pp
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,3,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01010010011000101 0100101010010101 10101011011100100 0101010101010010010 0010010111011010100 1110110100111110 1100010101011100100 10100 1 101 1111101010010001 1010100101110101 1111111010010101 010010101010111 1110111010001001 1101101010010101 101100111110101 101110001010101 101011000011101 1010101010101010 101001101100101 101010101011011 0111001010100111 101010101011001 101010101010101 101110101110111 100010101010101 101010111010101 101110111110101 101011001010111 110011000010101 1010100100100101 111010101010111 111010111110101 111010101000101 1010111001010101 101111101010011 101110101001001 101010101010101 1001011001010101 00111011001011101 1110010101011101 101110110011101 110001100111101 101010101011101 101010111010111 111010101010101 001001101010011 111010100011101 110010101110001 111010101010111 001001000011101 110010101010101 10111010010101010 101010101000101 101111111100111 1 10001 101010001011101 1110101010100101 111010110110101 111001001011001 101111100100101 110010101010101 111011101011101 101111011110111 101001000111101 111100101011001 110010101010111 101010101010111 001010101000101 100110101011101 001010101000101 111100101100101 1110101011001010 1100101000111010 1010101011111010 11111010010100010 1010101001100101 101110101100101 101111101011001 10101010010101100 101110101010001 101011001010101 1 1001 110010101111001 101010001010101 101111001011101 101010101000101 001111101110111 110111101101101 1101010001110101 11001010101011 101010101110101 100111001010111 1000111101101 1010100101010101 1010101001011101 110010101010101 100010111110101 1011101011111001 101010101100101 1100111010101001 101010101011101 110001101010101 101111101010101 111111101001101 111010101110101 110010101110101 110010101011101 101010101011101 111010100010101 1000100101010101 111011101010101 101011000011101 101010101000101 101110101110101 100010101011001 111010110110111 111110101010101 101110101000101 101011101100101 1010111001010101 101010101011001 101110101010101 111100101000101 101010100010111 1111011011010101 1010010101010101 1 101 110010111010101 001010100010111 111110101010101 101010100011001 101010101000101 101010101010101 101011101110011 110011101011001 101000101011101 1010011001100101 001111101110101 111010101010001 111110101011101 101001110010101 101110101010111 111011101110101 111110101011001 111011001011001 011010101010101 1110101000010101 100100101010001 101100101010111 110000101111101 101110101110001 1011100100010101 101111010011101 100010101110001 101010101010101 101100101010111 1010101011111 11 1 1011100 1010100100100101 001010101011001 101010101011101 111110101011111 101110101001101 111010100010101 100010101010111 110111011110101 1110010101011101 101011101110001 1010110010101010 101010101110101 111110111111101 101010101011101 1011100101111101 101110101010101 111010111010111 110001001010101 10111010100111 1011111001110101 100110101010101 101000101010001 1100111011101001 111010101010101 111101100010101 1000111001011101 111111100011001 101010101110101 101010100010101 101010111010001 001100101010101 101110100110101 1110001001010101 101110101111111 101010111011111 111110100100101 111110101110101 101111100010101 101110111001101 100010101010111 100010101010001 101110101111101 101111101001011 101010101010101 101010101010101 1110100101110111 111010101010101 101010101110111 111010101110101 111010101110111 111111101011101 101101100010101 101110101010101 101010101110111 111111101010101 111010101010101 110110101110111 001010101001001 001011101011100 001010100010101 101010111110101 1011101010101001 0101101010101011 010111001010101 001011101111110 011010101100101 011010101010111 111010101010111 111110111110101 110010101010111 1011101001010111 001111100001101 110010001010111 101010101010101 110010101111111 101010100010001 1001111001011111 001011101010101 1110100101110111 101110101011111 111010101111101 101111101010111 10101101011111 111110100010101 111110101011101 1011101011111110 1 101 001110101110101 101010111011001 101110101011101 101111100110001 101010101111101 111111101110101 111010110100101 1110100101010101 1110111010100101 101110101010111 101010101011001 011010101110111 1110100101110101 110010101010111 1001111011101001 100111101111101 1 101 1110111001010111 101100101011001 111010101010101 101010101101101 100110101110111 101011001110011 111011101000101 1010000101111101 110111001001101 111011101111101 1111101011101 101011100111111 101011101010101 101011101110101 111010101110111 111001101110101 10010100011101001 1111101001010001 101011001010101 101110111011001 111111101110101 111111001110111 1 1001 101011001010101 001011101011101 111111001110111 11101110101101 111111101000101 101010111110111 101010111011111 111010101110111 0111101011101001 101011001111101 1 10101 11101011101011 101111001110101 101011001011101 111111111110101 101011101110111 1110111000010101 101001001010101 111010101010101 111010101010101 111110101010101 101010101110101 1010110011111010 1 1001 101011001000101 101011010101001 101110100010101 111010101010101 111011001010101 110010101111101 11111001011101101 111110111100111 111011101010101 101110101011111 0100101001010101 1010010101011001 101011100010101 1011101110011101 111011101001101 1001011101010101 111010101010101 101010101111111 100111101110101 101010111010111 0010010101110111 1001010101010101 011001101110101 100010101110111 101011100010001 111010101111101 101011000011101 101111001011101 101011101001001 101111011111101 101010101010101 1111101010111001 001010101011101 101010101010101 111001101100111 1000101001010101 1110111011101010 111011101100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 186
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 116
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 360
  • Average number of symbols per line: 59 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, in, he, by, his, to, from, claims, our, thy, they, years, us, have, let, their, not, him, thou, this are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, vainly, and, 'twas, years, be, if, yield, listen, bow are repeated.

    The author used the same words should, to, past, who, exiled, if at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase yield connects the lines.

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  • summary of Maha-Bharata, The Epic Of Ancient India - Book Vii - Udyoga -- (The Preparation);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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