This is an analysis of the poem Crossing The Jumna-Valmiki's Hermitage that begins with:

Morning dawned, and faithful Sita with the brothers held her way,
Where the dark and eddying, waters of the sacred Jumna stray,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa bb cc dd dd bb ee bb Xc cc ee bb ee ff ee aa ee dX dd Xb ff gg bb aa ee bb fX cc ff hh aa bb bb ii eX jj ccdd kk bb cc dd ll
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,4,2,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101110100010101 101110100010101 1001010101010101 101011101010101 100010101001111 101010100011101 101010101010101 101010101011101 101011101010101 101010101010101 101010101010011 101010101111101 101010101010011 101110101110101 1000100101010101 1000110110010101 111011101010101 101011001010101 110010101110101 1110010101110101 101011101010101 101110101010101 1010001101010101 100110101010101 101000101010101 111010101010001 101110101010111 101110101010101 1010100111100101 1010111011100101 10100101011101 111001100011111 101011101010111 101011101110101 1101111101010101 101100101111110 111010101011101 1101101000010111 111110101010001 111010101010101 101110101110101 001010101110111 111011010100111110 11100101010001010 1010100101010001 101010101010101 101000100111101 1010010101010101 1011101110100111 10100101011101001 101000101000101 111010101111100 101010101010101 1010101010111110 101010101011111 111010101010101 10001101010100101 101110101010111 101010100010100 101010101010111 10010111001010101 10101010101101 101010100010101 101010100011101 001110101010101 101110101010101 111010101010101 1010011101110111 101110101010101 101000101010111 101010110010101 101010101010101 100101010010110101 101110101010111 101010101000101 101010101010101 001010101010111 101010101010101 101110101010101 101110101010101 101000111011101 1101010101010101 101010101110101 101010101101101 001010101010001 110110101000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 42
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 86
  • 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, may, he, his, or, of, to are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words oft, still, mark at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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