This is an analysis of the poem Persian Poem that begins with:

I am a pagan and a worshiper of love: the creed (of Muslims) I do not need;
Every vein of mine has become taunt like a wire,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXabaabaXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 110101010001010101111 10010110111010 010101111 101111100010 010110100100100010 10101100111 0101100111101 111011011111 01000111101010 1111110101111 011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 570
  • Average number of words per stanza: 115
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, of are repeated.

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

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