This is an analysis of the poem The Forest Of Panchavati that begins with:

Godavari's limpid waters in her gloomy gorges strayed,
Unseen rangers of the jungle nestled in the darksome shade!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa aa aa bb cX dd aa ee ff ff dd ee aa ee gg aa cc hh ii jj aa kk bb Xc dXXff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 100010100010101 011000101000101 101010101011001 100010100010111 101011101011101 111011101011101 1010100100011101 111111101010101 10101110101111 1010101011101010 11111100010101 111011101010001 101110101010101 101010101010101 1010101010001001 1011101010011101 1110111010100101 101010101000101 101100101000101 101010101010101 1010110000101001 101010101010101 1010111001100101 101011101011101 101110111010101 1011100101011101 101110101010101 101011001010111 101110101000101 101010111111111 101010101010101 111011111011101 101010101010111 100010011010101 100011101000101 101011101010111 101111101010111 101010101010101 001011001010111 001010101010101 101000111011101 1011001010010111 001110101010101 101010111010100 101010100010101 101110100110101 111010101011110 111100101011101 111001100010111 101110110010101 111010101010101 101000101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 26
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • 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; and, by, of, his, praised, in are repeated.

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

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

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

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