This is an analysis of the poem Why Should I Go To Kaaba that begins with:

Why should I go to Kaaba,
When I long for Takht Hazaara? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX XaX abX XbX XaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,3,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1111010 11111100 101010 1101101 1111100 01010101011111101 100000101 1111100 11101 00011011 1111100 111111 11100101 1111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 85
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

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

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