This is an analysis of the poem Mithila, And The Breaking Of The Bow that begins with:
Janak monarch of Videha spake his memage near and far,
He shall win my peerless Sita who shall bend my bow of war,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aa bb cc dX cX ee aa ff dX cc gg Xc cc hh cc aa iX cc ii dd ff aa jj dd ii kk aa dd ll mm
- 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,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 101101001010111 111110101111101 101010101110101 101010101100011 101010101011101 101100100110101 101010101001001 101010100010101 1010101100111001 111010101010101 101110101010111 101110100010101 101010101010101 0110101001010101 111010111100101 0010111000111001 101001001010110 101010101010101 101110110010101 001110101010111 101001101110101 1011101001110101 1010101010101010 101111001010101 101010101010101 101010101010101 101110101010101 100100101001101 101010100010111 001110101010101 101010100010101 101011101010101 111010101011101 1111101011011010 101010101010111 101010101010101 101010101010101 101010100010101 101010101011101 101011001010101 101010111010101 101111101010101 101110111110011 101010101010101 111010111001101 101011101000101 111011101011101 101011101110101 101110101010011 111110101110101 110110101010111 111110101010101 111110101110111 1010111000110101 1110101010011101 111010101001101 111010101010111 111110100011101 111011001010111 010010100010101
- Amount of stanzas: 30
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 60
- 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; of, and, his, to, ', me, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words proudly, and, they are repeated.
The author used the same words 'this, they at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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