This is an analysis of the poem An Oriental Song that begins with:
The last red rays of the sun are glowing
On minaret and wall,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd ceXefgfg ehehXeXe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0111001110 110111 101111010 10111101 11010101 010101 11110101 01011101 1001111 101101 1110101 11010101 11001010 1010011 10101010 111001001 11001111 010011 10011101 101111011 11010111 110111 1101101011 11101111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 264
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- 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; and, my, me are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, my are repeated.
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