This is an analysis of the poem Dawan that begins with:

The Eastern house shone with pearl-water
Gilded smoothly all over:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabX cdXd dXeX Xbce bbdX dXXX deXc X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 010110110 1010110 1010101 1100101 0101011010 100101 01101101 1001101 1010101001 101001001 110100101 11011 110101 0010011 1101010 01111001 00101110 10101 1011101 011000010100 0110110 011001001 011011 11100101010100 01010010101001 01001010001 100100110101 01100111 0101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; of is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Dawan;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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