This is an analysis of the poem Speech Of Nikumbha And Vajra-Hanu that begins with:

Then arose the brave Nikumbha,-Kumbha-kama's son was he,-
Spake his young heart's mighty passion in his accents bold and free:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa bb XX cc bb XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101011001010111 101110100010111 101110111010101 111010101010101 111011001000101 1011011010101110 101010101010111 101110100011101 1001110101011101 111011101010101 101010101001101 101011001101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 120
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 60 (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; his, and, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word bid is repeated.

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