This is an analysis of the poem Damayante To Nala In The Hour Of Exile that begins with:

SHALT thou be conquered of a human fate
My liege, my lover, whose imperial head ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaabcacdd cecebbbbccffa Xaabab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,13,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101000101 11110101001 1101010001 11010101001 11010111001 1110110001 1111000100 1101010101 1101000101 11111001001 1000111010 0111011101 0101010101 100010001101 1111010101 1101010011 0101010101 0101010101 1101011101 1111110101 01001110111 1101011001 1011110001 1111010111 1111101001 1111011111 1100010001 0101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 403
  • Average number of words per stanza: 68
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • 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; thy is repeated.

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

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