This is an analysis of the poem The Plea Of The Simla Dancers that begins with:

Too late, alas! the song
To remedy the wrong; - ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcddcc XXXXefef dgdgdXdd hchcdidI gigidjXj hdhhcdcd bXbciiiI
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 110101 010001 011100111 10111 11110010 10101010 111010100 110111 11110101011 1111110010 1101011101 1111110101 1101111101 1111010111 1111010101 11110111101 1101110011 1011011101 1101010100 1101010101 0101111101 110111010 0101010101 1100010101 1101000101 1101000101 11010010001 1111010011 11110111001 1101110101 1101011101 11110011101 1100011111 0101010111 1100110001 11001110101 11111101010 0101011111 10010011100 1101010111 1111011100 1101110101 0111100001 11011101001 1101010100 0100010100 1110100100 10001010111 111100111001 1111110101 1100110101 1101010101 100110101110 1111010101 11110111010 11110011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 332
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 57
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; our, of, nay, by, and, your are repeated.

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

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