Who Clad Your Delicate Frame In Red by Ghulam Ahmad Mahjoor: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Who Clad Your Delicate Frame In Red that begins with:

Who clad your delicate frame in red,
O bright lightning, let me gaze...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abX XcX Xbb XXb ddc ebf XgX aXa gef bgX Xbg X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111100101 1110111 111000110 0101001110 111010011 1010010001001 11011101 0111100101 111101101 10011010010 010101001 1111010110 111100101101 111011101 11110101 11110101 1010001101 11001111101 1101001010 11110110 101011110 110111001 0110101 101011001 1101101 11010101 0111111 11010011 111111111 111110111 1111010 1011111010 1010111 0101100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 108
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • 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:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words o, what are repeated.

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