This is an analysis of the poem Sita's Token that begins with:

Token from her raven tresses Sita to the Vanar gave,
Hanuman with dauntless valour crossed once more the ocean wave,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa bb bb cc dd ee ff bb gg hh gg bb aa gg ii ff ii jj gg cX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 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: 100010101000101 100010101110101 101010101000101 1000101010100011 101010101010101 101011101011001 101010100010111 101010101010001 101011001010101 101010101111101 11101110100001010 1011101001101010 111010101010101 111111011010111 1110101001010101 101110101010101 110010101010111 001010100011101 110111011110101 101010101010101 101010101010111 101110101110101 101110101110111 101000101011101 011010101010001 1011101000101001 0110101010010001 1001110100011101 1001011111100101 111110101010111 111110011011101 111011101010101 111010101010111 101111101011101 101110101010011 111010101011101 111011001011101 1010101110101001 1011100101010011 10111010100101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 20
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • 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, his, her, on, again, she, my, thy are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words spake, where are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Sita's Token;
  • central theme;
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