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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