This is an analysis of the poem Woman's Love that begins with:

'Dearly loved, devoted Sita! daughter of a royal line,
Part we now, for years of wand'ring in the pathless woods is mine,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme:
  • Stanza lengths (in strings):
  • Closest metre:
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  • Guessed form:
  • Metre:
  • Amount of stanzas: 36
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 72
  • Average number of symbols per line: 61 (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; of, be, in, thy, and, my, her, to, where are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word since at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase heaven connects the lines.

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