This is an analysis of Recital Of The Ramayana by Valmiki.
When the silent night was ended, and their pure ablutions done,
Joyous went the minstrel brothers, and their lofty lay begun,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aa bb cc dd ee ff ee ff cX ff eX gX eX ff aa aa aX Xb ggXee
- Stanza lengths: 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
- Metre: 101011101111001 101010101110110 100010101011101 100010101010101 111010101010111 0010111001010111 101011001010101 10101010101011001 100010101000101 101010101110101 101110101010101 111001101000101 1110101010111001 111111001010001 101010101011111 1110101000101001 001110100010101 111010101010101 101000101010101 10101101010101 111000101111110 011010100010101 111010101010101 111010111011011 11010101010111 111010101000101 1100101010010101 111010100010101 011010101000101 11101001000100101 011010101010110 0010110100010111 111011110010101 1010101001101100 10111010101001010 110010100110111 1000111001010101 101010101000111 101011101110101 101011100100101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 20
- Lines: 40
Repeated words/phrases
in, of, and, ', this, to, day
Anaphora
and
