This is an analysis of the poem The Fall Of Bali that begins with:
Star-eyed Tara softly counselled pressing to her consort's side,
Mighty Bali proudly answered with a warrior's lofty pride:...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aa bb cc dd ee bb XX aa aa ff eX dd aa gX XX aa aa hh ii ff hh ii ee dd ff gg geXhh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1110101001000101 101010100010101 100010101010101 111110101010101 101100101000101 010011100010111 110011101010101 101110101110101 110110101011101 101110101010101 111010101010111 101010101100101 1101101001110111 1110101001101100 111011001010101 101110101110101 111010101000101 1010111000101010 101110101010111 101110101010111 1110110011000101 10101001010101010 101011101011101 1100101100111001 101011101011101 001011001110101 101010101000101 111011101010111 111011101100111 10111011001101110 101010101100001 111010101110101 110010101100101 101110101010101 1001010101011111 101110001010101 101011101000101 1010011101010101 101110101110011 111010101110001 1010011101000101 1100101001010101 101010100110111 011110101010111 111010100010101 111011001110111 110011101110001 001110101011101 111110101010101 101010101010101 101010101010101 101010101010111 110001010101001 1001110111010101 111010101001101 101011101110101
- Amount of stanzas: 28
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 63 (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; thy, and, with, his, in, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word like is repeated.
The author used the same word slow at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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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