This is an analysis of the poem Intrigue that begins with:
In the inner palace chamber stood the proud and peerless queen,
With a mother's joy Kaikeyi gaily watched the festive scene,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aa bb cc cc dd aa ee ff aa aa gg aa ff gg bb dd aa aa bb hh ii jX cc cc gg bb bb aa kk ff bb aa bb bb jj ll jj aa ee aa ff bb ff gg aX iiXff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 001010101011101 001011001010101 101110101000111 101010101010101 111011001110101 111010101101001 111011101110111 101011101110101 111010101100101 101110101000101 111011001010101 10100110010100101 101110101000101 101110101110101 101000101110101 110000101010101 101110100010101 111011101010101 111110101111101 111111101010101 101011101010101 1110111010010101 100011001010101 111010101010101 100011000010111 110010111010101 111011001110101 011110101010101 011010011010001 001100101110101 001010101000101 001011101100101 101110101010101 111011101010101 101110100010110 111010101010101 111010101111101 111110101110101 000110101010101 1011101010011101 101011101010001 1010110010010011 101010101010111 1011101010111010 111010101010101 101010101001101 110011101111111 101110101010111 111011100010011 101010101010101 111111101010101 101100101010101 101110101111101 100010100110001 101111101010101 101010101010111 1010101001010101 1010111010000111 111010101101101 001100101010101 001010101110101 101100101100101 111110101111101 101110101010111 1110101010101000 101010101010101 111010100110101 110011101010101 10011001010101001 101010101010101 101010101110101 101010111010111 11010100010101 111011001010111 101011000010101 111011001010111 111101101110111 001110101010101 001110101110111 001010101011111 111101101110101 111010101010101 111000101010101 1010101000111001 001001101111111 110010100010101 101010101010101 11110101001001 111111001110111 1010101001011001 101110101010101 101010011000101 101100101010101 100011101010111
- Amount of stanzas: 47
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 94
- Average number of symbols per line: 61 (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, with, thy, her, in, his, rama, to, of, from, queen, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, will, with, to, this are repeated.
The author used the same words happy, what, trust, young at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Intrigue;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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