This is an analysis of the poem The Poem Of Zuhair that begins with:

'Does the blackened ruin, situated in the stony ground between Durraj and Mutathallam, which did not speak to me, when addressed, belong to the abode...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme:
  • Stanza lengths (in strings):
  • Closest metre:
  • Сlosest rhyme:
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  • Guessed form:
  • Metre:
  • Amount of stanzas: 56
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 144 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 27
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, i, they, in, which, from, their, it, between, peace, you, two, tribes, by, who, be, to, not, what, he, his, with, people, himself, man are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, they, and, he are repeated.

    The author used the same words i, they, and, he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

    The poet repeated the same word abused at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of The Poem Of Zuhair;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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