This is an analysis of the poem The Preparation that begins with:
All his four heroic princes now with Dasa-ratha stayed
In Mithila's ancient city, and their father's will obeyed,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aa bX aa cc dd ee ff gg bX ff ee ff aa bb aa aa ee ff Xf ff aX
- 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,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 101010101010101 010010101110001 101011001011001 101110101010111 111010111011101 101111001010101 111110101101001 101011100010101 111010101000101 001110101010011 110001101010111 101010101000101 101110101110101 010010100110111 001001001011011 001100101010101 1011101010011101 1011110010111011 101111001110101 101010101011101 101010101100101 001111000010101 101010101011101 01010100100011001 101110101000101 101100111100110 101010100111101 101010101110101 101010101010101 101110101010101 1010101000100111 1010101010100101 1001010101010101 1110001001110001 101010101111001 100110101010101 101010101011101 101000101100101 101010101100101 0011100101010101 101011001010101 1010101000101011
- Amount of stanzas: 21
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 42
- Average number of symbols per line: 60 (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, his, with are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word let at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Preparation;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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