This is an analysis of the poem Indrajit's First Battle-The Serpent-Noose that begins with:

Darkly round the leaguered city Rama's countless forces lay,
Far as Ravan cast his glances in the dawning light of day,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa bb cc dd ee ff gg cc ff hh cc dd bb gg bb Xb hh dd eeXbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 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: 1010100101010101 111010100010101 111010101011101 101010101000101 101010101000101 1100010101110101 1010100101010101 1000010101000101 101100101100101 101010101011001 101010101010101 1000010101011101 111010101010101 111010101010101 111110101010101 101010110010111 101110100110101 001010100010001 1011111001000101 101010101010101 1010101011111001 101010101010101 101010101010101 1011101010010001 111010100010111 10110101010111 101010101110101 101010101010101 100010101010101 100010101110101 1110001010111010 100100111000101 100010101110111 111011101110101 100010101110101 101010101011011 101010101010101 1010011001010001 101010101110101 1010100101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 20
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • 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, of, from, his, in, on are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Indrajit's First Battle-The Serpent-Noose;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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