This is an analysis of the poem Return To Ayodrya that begins with:
With his wedded sons and daughters and his guard in bright array,
To the famed and fair Ayodhya, Dasa-ratha held his way,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aa bb cc aa dd aX ee dd ff be ff ff gg dd eX aa cc aa bb hh cc bb ee ii fF jjXfF
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 001011101010101 001111101010101 111010101010111 101011101010101 1010100111010101 101110101010101 111011101111111 111010101110111 101010011010101 101000100010101 001110100011101 101010101110100 110010101100001 1100101010100101 111010101000101 100110100110101 101110101011101 111010111010101 1010100101010011 101110101110101 100010101001111 111010101100101 101110101110101 1001110101001101 111010101010101 001010101010111 111011001000111 1100100100010101 111011100100111 111000101110101 1010100101110001 1010110000100101 1010101010101001 011110100110101 110000100011101 001010101010101 1000101010010101 1010101000101001 001010111010101 0010011010000111 1110101000111001 101010100010111 101010101010101 100011101101101 001010101110101 101010101010111 111011101010101 101010101011101 111010101110101 100010101010101 1011101010010101 111010101000101 111000011010101 100010101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 27
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 54
- Average number of symbols per line: 62 (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, his, their, they, queen, to, with, from, her, for, loved, of, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, queen, in, loved are repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines brave is repeated).
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