This is an analysis of the poem Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 42 that begins with:

Listen to this story how in Baghdad
A flag and a curtain fell into dispute. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXXcccbXbdXceedaeff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1000101010 01101010001 1011010101 1001011001 1111111010 1001010 1010111010 0101101011001 111010111 1001011111 1100101010 1101100101 11011110 11001011 111000101 1100101011100 01011101011 1110010 11001101 1010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 820
  • Average number of words per stanza: 144
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines neck is repeated).

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  • summary of Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 42;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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