This is an analysis of the poem Brother's Faithfulness that begins with:

Tears bedewed the face of Lakshman as he heard what Sita, said,
And he touched the feet of Rama and in gentle accents prayed:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa aa bb cc dd eX aa ff gg aa ff hh iX gg jj ee gg ee bb ff fX ff kk lg lX ff ii iX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1100010101111101 111010101010101 111010100010101 101110101001001 101110101010101 101010101000101 101011111110101 1010101010100101 1111101010011001 100111101010101 111100111011101 111010101010101 101010101010101 101010101110101 111111001001101 111111001111101 10111101110111 001001001010101 101100100110001 101110101010101 101111001110111 10100011110001001 101111001010011 1101101011100101 001110101110011 101110101111110 101011101010101 101010101001001 1000101001100101 1010100110111001 101010101100101 101011001011101 101010101100101 1010111010111001 101010101111101 101110101010111 100011101010101 101110101011101 100010111110101 101010101011101 110111101110101 101010101111101 101010101010101 101010101010101 111010101110101 101111001001001 1010101001011101 101011111010101 101110100111001 101010101111101 101010101010101 1001110101011101 101010101010111 111110100010101 001011000110101 111110100110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 28
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 63 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, where, to, who, his, with are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words grant, thou 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 part connects the lines.

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