This is an analysis of the poem Ghazal 1 (English Tranlation) that begins with:

You've an objection to come [to me] and don't invite me either
You don't disclose the reason for severing relations either...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa Xa bb Xa Xa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101001011101110 1101010110001010 11111011011010010 0111010110101101011010 1010011101001 11011011110010 00010101011010010 11101010110 11011101111101 10010111111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 62 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, you, either are repeated.

    The author used the same word what 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 either is repeated).

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

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