This is an analysis of the poem The People Consulted that begins with:
With the voice of pealing thunder Dasa-ratha spake to all,
To the princes and the burghers gathered in Ayodhya's hall:...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aa bb cc dd ee ff dd bb ee dd bb aa bb ff ff ff ff dd fX gg ff bX ff cc hh ff bb ii bb dd jj ff dX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 001010101010101 001010101001001 1010101010100111 111011100100101 111011101110101 111011101010111 101010101010101 111011111110111 011010110011101 101001111110101 011010101110001 101011101110111 111011111011111 10101000110100101 101010101010101 101010101010101 1001010101010101 100101010010101001 1001101110011101 101010101011110 111100101010111 101101101110101 111111100010111 101010100110111 111010101010101 011010100110101 101010110100111 101010100011101 101001101110101 101000101011101 101010101001111 101011101011111 111010101000101 101010101110011 101110111011101 100010101110111 111010101110101 1010101000110010 101110101011101 101010110010111 111110101011101 101011101011111 101110101110101 1001111101010101 111111101010101 101010101010111 111010111010101 001000100010101 110011101010101 101010111010101 101010100010101 111010100111101 101000100010001 101010101011001 101000100010111 1111111011101001 111011101010101 0110101001010101 100010101110101 1011111010011101 101010101010101 111011101111101 001110101110101 100110101010101 101110101011101 1110101010101010
- Amount of stanzas: 33
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 66
- 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, to, my, years, of, in, his, your, rama, hath are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word throned is repeated.
The author used the same words years, speak 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 hold is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase truth connects the lines.
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