This is an analysis of the poem Sita In The Asoka Garden that begins with:

Crossed the ocean's boundless waters, Hanuman in duty brave,
Lighted on the emerald island girded by the sapphire wave,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa bb cc dd ee dd bb ff bb Xb bb dd cX gg hh ii ee dd cX bb jj hh ee ii ee dd bX
  • 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,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101010101000101 10101001010101001 1010010101010001 001100101010101 101110101010101 101110101110101 101110100010111 101010101010101 101010100110101 111010101110111 101011100010111 1001010100010111 101011000010101 1000110010010101 1010100100011101 1001100000101101 1010101010001001 1111100101110001 101110101010111 1010010101111001 101000111110111 101111001010101 101010101010101 1111100101010111 101110101000101 1010111000010101 101011101011111 1010101101000101 1010101010111010 1010110010101010 1110101011000101 101010101010101 111110101011101 100011101010111 1010110001010101 101011101011101 101010101001111 001010101010101 100111101010111 1111100101010001 101010101010101 1010100101000101 1010111010100101 100010100010101 101010101000101 101010101011101 1010100101100101 10100101010101001 001011101010101 001010011010101 100010101010111 1000101001010101 111011101010101 101110101010111
  • 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: 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; in, and, of, her, on are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words like, and, on, this are repeated.

    The author used the same words brightly, rich, like, and, on at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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