With The Light Of My Eyes As An Ofering by Ghulam Ahmad Mahjoor: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem With The Light Of My Eyes As An Ofering that begins with:

With the light of my eyes as an ofering,
I'll prostrate myself at my beloved's feet,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xab Xca Xdd eda feg fab fXg bXc XXX faX Xba X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 00101111100 11011111001 1111101 10111101 11110111 111011101 010100111 0110011010 0100100010 1111101 1011000100010 0111011 0010111101 111001001 011101001 11101011 1010101001 11010100111 0101011 011011000001 11111010 101001001 11001100 1111001 01010101001 11110100 11011001 1110111111 010111011001 10010110001 111101101010 001110001001 111001001 0101100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 110
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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