This is an analysis of the poem When Allah Spoke that begins with:
Was I not thine when Allah spoke the word
Which formed from smoke the sky?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabCAbCAdadaaaabab
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111110101 110101 011111 110101 011101 011111 110101 011101 1111110101 110110 1111111011 111101 111111101101 101101 0101100101 111111 1101011101 111101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 606
- Average number of words per stanza: 120
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; stars, one, with, thee are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines thee is repeated).
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