This is an analysis of the poem The Sandals that begins with:
Tears nor sighs nor sad entreaty Rama's changeless purpose shook,
Till. once more with hands conjoinéd Bharat to his elder spoke:...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aa bb cc cc XX dX ee ff gg cX dd hh cc XX hh ii hh iX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 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: 1111101010100101 11101101000101 101010101010011 101001100110101 101010100011101 111011101011101 1010111011100101 111011101110101 1110010101010100 011101101110101 101010100010101 101010101010110 111010101100101 1110111000111101 111010101010111 111101101110011 101110101010101 101010111000101 1010101001101010 1111011011101010 101010101010101 1010101010000101 11010101110101 100011101000101 011111101110101 111110101110111 110010101011001 1001001001010101 101010101010101 101000101010101 101010101110101 11001100010101 1110101010110001 0010010101100101 1101101010111010 1010111010101010
- Amount of stanzas: 18
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 36
- 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; to, thy, and, his, of, token, they, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word they is repeated.
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- summary of The Sandals;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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