This is an analysis of the poem The Quest For Sita that begins with:

Past the rains, the marshalled Vanars gathered round Sugriva bold,
And unto a gallant chieftain thus the king his purpose told:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa bb cc aa dd cc ee fX dd aa ff aa gg eX ee ff cX ff bb cc ff hh fX cc ii jj jj aa jj kk jj jj bX
  • 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: 101010101011001 110010101010101 101110101110011 101010100010001 1101111011100111 111100101010101 111011101010101 101110101010111 1101001001011101 010010101110101 101010101010001 101011101010101 111010101010101 1010101010101001 001011100010001 001000101011101 101010101001001 100010101110101 101011001010111 101011101011001 101001101001111 111010101101111 101010101010101 1010010010100101 101010001110101 110011101110101 101011001100101 101001001010010 101011001100101 101000101010111 1010000100010101 101010101010101 1100101010101001 10101010100101010 0100111010101011 110001001010111 111010100010101 111010101010001 101001000100111 111011111010101 101110101010101 100010101000101 101010101010101 1010010101010101 111010101010101 101000101000101 100010101000111 101010101010111 111010000110101 001010100010001 101011000010101 101110101011011 110000101000101 101001101000100 101010001010001 101000101001101 101010101011001 001000101111011 101010101100101 101010101010101 101110101011101 111011001010111 110010101010101 101111111011101 111110101010101 111100111011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 33
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 66
  • 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; in, of, and, son, by are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of The Quest For Sita;
  • central theme;
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