This is an analysis of the poem Srahmandazi that begins with:

Deep embowered beside the forest river,
Where the flame of sunset only falls,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb ccdc deXX XeXe edXd afbf Xbbb XdXd XeXX agag ceXX cefe cdXX cgXg XXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110000101010 101011101 1010101010 100010111 1011111010 101010111 1010101110 1010101001 1110101010 101011111 1010101000 100010101 1010101010 1011010101 1110101000 111011101 10111110010 101010101 10111001000 101010101 1110101110 101110101 1111111011 101010111 1110101110 101010101 1111111011 101010101 1110111110 111110101 1011101000 1111100101 1000101010 101110101 1111101000 101110101 1010101110 111111101 1011111010 111110111 1110111110 111011101 0110111110 0110101110 1110101010 100011101 1000111111 101010111 1111101110 101010110 1011101000 1111100101 1110101010 011010111 1011101000 101110111 1010101010 101000111 10001111011 101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 159
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; of, thy, land are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words by, if, dreamily, not are repeated.

    The author used the same word 'there 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 srahmandazi connects the lines.

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  • summary of Srahmandazi;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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