This is an analysis of the poem The Himalayas that begins with:
The towering Himalaya rose,
Surpassing- mighty Meru high. ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bc bc de de fg fc da dX hg ha g aXg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1,3,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010010101 01010101 01010011 01010101 01011101 01010101 11001101 010100111 100111110 10000111 01010011 010100101 11010101 010010101 11110101 010100101 110101010 1011111 110111100 1110101 01010101 01110101 11010101 1010111
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 61
- Average number of words per stanza: 10
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; his, like are repeated.
The author used the same words his, with at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Himalayas;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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