This is an analysis of the poem Surpa-Yarua Punished that begins with:
Rama heard her impious purpose and a gentle smile repressed,
To the foul and forward female thus his mocking words addressed:...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aa bb cc dX ee ff gg dX aX hh XX ee hh ff hX ii ee jj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010010101010101 001110111010101 1110101010011001 001011101001101 110110101000101 100011101000101 111111010010111 0110011010101011 101010101110101 101010101010101 100110101010001 111010101100101 100010011010001 101010101111101 101010101110101 10001010011101010 101010101110001 111011101010110 111010101000111 101010101110111 101010101110111 101011011110001 111010101010101 1010101001100101 1110001010010101 101010101010101 101110101010101 101010100010011 101111101010111 1110111010111010 101011101011101 0010101001011101 101000101010111 101110101010101 101010101010101 101010101011101
- Amount of stanzas: 18
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 36
- 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, his, no, in, let, him, her, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word spurning is repeated.
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