This is an analysis of Sita In The Asoka Garden by Valmiki.

Crossed the ocean's boundless waters, Hanuman in duty brave,
Lighted on the emerald island girded by the sapphire wave,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aa bb cc dd ee dd bb ff bb Xb bb dd cX gg hh ii ee dd cX bb jj hh ee ii ee dd bX
  • Stanza lengths: 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,
  • Metre: 101010101000101 10101001010101001 1010010101010001 001100101010101 101110101010101 101110101110101 101110100010111 101010101010101 101010100110101 111010101110111 101011100010111 1001010100010111 101011000010101 1000110010010101 1010100100011101 1001100000101101 1010101010001001 1111100101110001 101110101010111 1010010101111001 101000111110111 101111001010101 101010101010101 1111100101010111 101110101000101 1010111000010101 101011101011111 1010101101000101 1010101010111010 1010110010101010 1110101011000101 101010101010101 111110101011101 100011101010111 1010110001010101 101011101011101 101010101001111 001010101010101 100111101010111 1111100101010001 101010101010101 1010100101000101 1010111010100101 100010100010101 101010101000101 101010101011101 1010100101100101 10100101010101001 001011101010101 001010011010101 100010101010111 1000101001010101 111011101010101 101110101010111
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 27
  • Lines: 54

Repeated words/phrases

in, and, of, her, on

Anaphora

like, and, on, this