O Saqi, Open Wide The Door Of Your Wine Whop! by Ghulam Ahmad Mahjoor: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem O Saqi, Open Wide The Door Of Your Wine Whop! that begins with:

O saqi, open wide the door of your wine shop !
Learn this secret: move with the times....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abX acd eXf gdf Xfb hhe dcX bgX iii ebX gbb X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 110101010111 10101001 111110101 110101001 11011101 01101101 110100110 01011011 0011111 11010101 1100101101 10001101 11101010 1100101111 110011111 101011101 10100100101 1111100100 1111101111 10101111010 0111111 10110110010 111111011 110110000101 10101111001 11011101 1100101101 101010100 11100101 11110111001 10101001001 1011000111 11110010 0101100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 111
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7

  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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

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  • summary of O Saqi, Open Wide The Door Of Your Wine Whop!;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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