This is an analysis of the poem Ravan Seeks Advice that begins with:
Monarch of the mighty Rakshas, Ravan spake to warriors all,
Spake to gallant chiefs and princes gathered in his Council Hall:...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aa bb cX cc bb dd ee ee dd ff bX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1100101010101001 101011101000101 1010111001001111 101010101010101 101000101100001 11101011010101010 111010101000101 101110101110101 101111100011101 111101101110101 110010111111101 111110101110101 1010101001010111 1110011101011001 111110101010101 101110001010101 111011101111110 101011101110101 101110101110111 101110100010101 110010101011101 101010101000101
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 22
- 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, their, when, your are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word ere is repeated.
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