This is an analysis of the poem The Chief Of The Yadavas that begins with:

Just beyond us we see that purple luster - how glorious!
With His noble crown of peacock feathers stitched together....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXaaXb XXbcdeXceXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 101111110101100 00101011101010 11101110101010 011010010001010 111010001101010 1100110 11010101001001101 0010010101 11000010001 01110100100100 1010110010001 01010011 011100011 111010101 1100001101101 0101011101 1101100100011 0101110110110010 010001101001001 10010101010110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 507
  • Average number of words per stanza: 91
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, his, him are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Chief Of The Yadavas;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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