This is an analysis of the poem Crossing The Tamasa: The Citizens' Return that begins with:

Evening's thickening shades descended on Tamasa's distant shore,
Rama rested by the river, day of toilsome journey o'er,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aX bb cc dd aa ee dX cc bb ff Xg bX hh cc dd cc gg dd aa bb aX cc hh cc cc bX cc aa hhXcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010010101100101 1010101010101010 110010101010101 11100111010100101 111010101010101 101101111010101 101110101010111 101110101110101 110111100010101 101011101110101 101110101111101 101011110110101 111011101110111 101010101010101 100110101001101 1011100101010101 111010101010111 101110101110101 101011101111101 11111101110101 110100101010101 101100111111101 110010101010101 101010101001101 101110100010101 101110100100101 101011001010111 1010100101011001 101011101010101 101001001011101 101110101010111 111110101010101 101010101010101 101010101110111 111111101010101 111101100110101 111010101110101 1110101001110111 111110101111101 101111101000101 1011101001010101 1011101011101010 101010111100101 101110101001101 100010011010111 101010111100101 101010111011111 101000101010101 101110101010101 101010101010001 101000111111101 111110101111101 110010101010001 101010011010101 101110101010101 11001010100111001 101010101100101 111010011110111 101011101110101 101010100110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 30
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 62 (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, my, by, gave, on, to, they, their, not, his, so are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word weeps 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 gave connects the lines.

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