This is an analysis of the poem The Consecration that begins with:

Joy! joy in bright Ayodhya gladness filled the hearts of all,
Joy! joy a lofty music sounded in the royal hall,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa bb aa cc dd Xe ee ff dd gg cc ee bb cX gg cc aaXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11011101010101 11010101000101 110010101010101 111010101010101 111010100110111 001110100111101 100010100010111 10111001101011001 100110001000101 1001110010010101 101110101010101 10101010001010001 101010101110011 100101110101111 100110101010111 101011101010101 1111101111000101 111010101010101 110010101011001 110011001010111 101010101010101 101011111010101 110010101100101 101011101111101 111110101010101 1010100101100011 101101101110101 101101101111101 101111001010101 101010101010111 111001101010101 101010101010101 101001101010101 101110101111101 1110110110101011 10101010011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 18
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • 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; joy, and, from, of, their, not, in are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Consecration;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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