This is an analysis of the poem Greetings that begins with:
Message from returning Rama, Vanars to Ayodhya brought,
Righteous Bharat gave his mandate with a holy joy distraught:...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aa bb cc aa cX aa dd ee ff gg ee hh gg gg ee gg ii hh ii gg ii gg jj hh kk fF ggXfF
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 100010101001101 101010110010101 111011100010101 1100101010111001 110001001010101 100110101010101 1111101001010101 100110101010101 111110101110101 101001101010011 110010101011101 111110101011101 101010100010001 1011110010100101 1110101101111101 1010111011000101 1100100101111101 10111001010100101 100010101011101 1001110101011001 101010101010111 1010010100100101 011010101011101 110011111100101 10111101010111 1011101000011101 1110111010100101 101010101010101 101010101010101 101010101010101 101010101010101 101010101010101 1001100101010101 1010101101010101 10100101010101001 111010101010101 100110101001101 1001110101010111 101010101010001 101010101010101 111010101110101 111010100010101 101110101010001 11101001010100101 1010101001011101 101010100010101 001010101010101 010011001111101 1010100100010111 101010101010101 1001111001111101 100011101010111 101011101010101 111110101110111 1111101001011101 100011101010111
- Amount of stanzas: 28
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 56
- 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, in, our, with, of, silver, his, white, unto, thy are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words on, silver, thou are repeated.
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- summary of Greetings;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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