This is an analysis of the poem The Embassy To Ayodhya that begins with:

Three nights halting in their journey with their steeds fatigued and spent,
Envoys from Mithila's monarch to Ayodhya's city went,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa bb cc dd cc dd ee cc ff ff aa cX cX bb bb cc dX XX Xa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 111001100110111 100100110100101 111011101010101 1010101010111001 101011001110111 101110101110111 100110111001111 101111100100111 101101001110111 111010101010101 111110101110111 111110101111101 1111101011100101 100110101100011 101010101111001 111010101010111 101010101011101 00110011001011 1010101010100010 1011101001101010 110100100111111 100100101001001 110110101100101 1110110010110011 111010101011111 0110101000111110 101100111010001 101011001011101 111011001110101 101010100010101 111001001010111 011011001011001 001111101101001 101010101001001011 1111101010100011 1011001011001011 1000010101000110 101001001110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 19
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 62 (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, greetings, their, my, of, in, ' are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words and, rama at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of The Embassy To Ayodhya;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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