This is an analysis of the poem Mandodari's Lament And The Funerals that begins with:

'Hast thou fallen,' wept in anguish Ravan's first and eldest bride,
Mandodari, slender-waisted, Queen of Lanka's state and pride,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme:
  • Stanza lengths (in strings):
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  • Guessed form:
  • Metre:
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • 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, of, in, thy, for, days are repeated.

    The author used the same words 'hast, well at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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