This is an analysis of the poem Masnawi that begins with:
In the prologue to the Masnavi Rumi hailed Love and its sweet madness that heals all infirmities, and he exhorted the reader to burst the bonds to...
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- Rhyme scheme: a b c c dceefgehXhX e c idgjgidgeX f gacheXX e c X b g XjcXacccjaecX aXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,11,1,1,10,1,7,1,1,1,1,1,13,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
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- Amount of stanzas: 18
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 801
- Average number of words per stanza: 143
- Amount of lines: 55
- Average number of symbols per line: 262 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 47
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, in, to, god, but, that, rumi, not, all, with, love, by, one, human, being, their, for, from, lion, cause, as, be, second, free, who, heart, so, his, he, mirror, first, defilement, they, elephant, them, i, died, you, chain, it, reason, have, people, faith, yourself, without, mirrors, there, if, can, true, than, prayer, evil, fault, done, greed, should, like, friend, no, how, veils are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words their, and, i, it, rumi are repeated.
The author used the same word rumi at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines veils is repeated).
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- summary of Masnawi;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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