This is an analysis of the poem Wisdom Of Hafiz: The Philosopher Takes To Racing that begins with:
My son, if you go to the races to battle with Ikey and Mo,
Remember, it's seldom the pigeon can pick out the eye of the crow; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaabbb ccc bbb aaa bbb ddX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,3,3,3,3,3,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 11011001001001011 01001001011101001 01011101001011111 01011011110100110101 11011011111101011 11111001101011011 11001001011101101 010010010111001101 1010011111101111011 11001011011001001 11011111001001001 101001001001001011 111101101101011011 101110101001011011 001101001001001101 01001011101001011 10010111011101001 10011101001111101 01011011011001011 10001001011011001 110110010010010110
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 255
- Average number of words per stanza: 49
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 72 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 14
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, remember, his, he, to, of, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word remember is repeated.
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