This is an analysis of the poem Introductory 02 that begins with:

The good reputation of Sa’di which is current among the people, the renown of his eloquence which has spread on the surface of the earth, the...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aabXcdbeefeg a XXhd f fgXfhdhfXfXbaXgdchddX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,12,1,4,1,21,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00101001010100101000100100111101000101000101110111010100101010101110111001100010010101010100101000010100101100100010001000001001000100100110000101111100110101111010110010110110001001111101111010101111101101101010100010011 011100111010 11011101011001 110110111 10011001001010 011010111001 1001000101011 111111100 0110101001011 0011100100101 1101000100001 00100101010111 10111011111 110100100001000001101101000011001001101010000111000101111010001111110101001000100010110101000101 10001010110010001110 1101101100100100 101010011001 010100011011010001 1111001011010010011011001001010010101000100010100110010010010 10111101010 1011011 110100010010111 01010101010 10110101 11111101 11011101011 01010010010010 01010010101110 01110110110 101011110 01100100100101 100110000100110 1001011110 01001110010001 1111011001101101 01111111010001 0110110110010010 110010001000011101 011101110010001 111011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 575
  • Average number of words per stanza: 100
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 86 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 15
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, his, and, him, which, has, with, sa, for, it are repeated.

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  • summary of Introductory 02;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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