This is an analysis of the poem Mu'Tamid's Lament In Prison that begins with:

In my breast,
A wail of grief,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcdefeXacdfXaX X XfXbac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,1,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011 0101 0110111 0101 10010100 011001001 0101101 011011 1101100 11 0111001 011110011 1110111 01000111011 110010100 001001 01011001 110010100111 10010110101 010101001100 10100100010 1100010001 10
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 218
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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