This is an analysis of the poem Ch 01 Manner Of Kings Story 15 that begins with:

A vezier, who had been removed from his post, entered the circle of dervishes and the blessing of their society took such effect upon him that he...

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abbX X aX X cX cXac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,1,2,1,2,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 01011001001100100100101001010011010111101010001101101100001011110101010101011110000010110000 111110010010 1101011101 1101011101 111001110100 0111000110100100100100101001010010100010001011000100100100100101100 01001110100100 0101111101101 010100111100110100010101001101101010001110100110011010100100010011111110000110010010110001000100111110100100011000101001001010110100111011001000 10110100100 0111100001001 0110100100010001001110010011100101001110010100011001010010010111010010111010110101100010111100000101000100101010 011111001100 111100000100
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 252
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 145 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 25
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, him, his, in, he, that, it, be, had, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Ch 01 Manner Of Kings Story 15;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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