This is an analysis of the poem The Hermitage Of Atri that begins with:

With the sandals of his elder Bharat to Ayodhya went,
Rama sought for deeper forests on his arduous duty bent,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa bb cc dd ee dd ff gg aX cc hh aa ii bb dd dd aa ii fX aa jj dd dd aaXdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 001000101001101 1011101010100101 1000011101010100 101010101011101 10010101000101 101000101000101 1011101010011101 101011101011101 1011010010111001 001011101010101 101101001010111 101010111011101 111100111010101 101010110010111 100010101011101 1011010101010101 111010101010101 101010101010110 101111100110111 001110101010101 1110010101110101 101110101011101 1000110101010111 100010101111101 1000111000110111 011010100110101 1010101010100001 101010101010011 101011101111101 101110101010101 111000101010101 101110101010101 1110101010100101 0010101010100101 110111101011101 111111100110111 111111101010101 1011111000101010 111010101000101 101111101010001 1110011101110101 101010101010101 00100111001010101 100011100010101 101010100011101 100010101010111 001010101010101 0011101010010111 111010101010111 101011101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 25
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • 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; his, of, her, and, their are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of The Hermitage Of Atri;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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