This is an analysis of the poem The Akond Of Swat that begins with:
Who, or why, or which, or what, Is the Akond of SWAT?
Is he tall or short, or dark or fair?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bbaA ccaA ddaA aaaA eeaA bbaA ffaa ggaA ddXA hhaA iiaA jjaA kkaA aaXA jjaA llXA mmaA kkaA eeaA eeaA ddaA Xaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111111001001 011111111 1111011010101 111 11001 011110111 1110110101 111 11001 1111101011 111001111011 111 11001 11101001101 111101001101 111 11001 1110100111 1110111001 1101 11001 1110100101 010110111 111 11001 1010110101 1110101110 111 101001 01100110111 1110101011 111 11001 1010100111 110111111 110 11001 111001001010 11011110010 111 11001 00101101011 1011011110 111 101001 1101100111 1111100111 1101 101001 111110111 11101001001 1101 11001 11101101001 10101101101 110 11001 01101111001 00100110111 1101 11001 110110111 1011100111 1101 11001 1111100101 101101101101 1101 11001 1110100111 1110110111 111 11001 11101111101 110100101 1101 11001 111111111 11110111101 111 11001 1110010111 1110111111 1101 11001 111111111 1111111 101001
- Amount of stanzas: 23
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 88
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; or, he are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words does, is are repeated.
The author used the same words is, does at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word swat at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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