This is an analysis of the poem The Asra that begins with:

Every day so lovely, shining,
up and down, the Sultan’s daughter...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbC daCX aXXe deXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100111010 11101010 11101010 1011010 10010111 10100010 1011010 11101110 10101110 10100110 11111010 11111110 1011111 10011010 11100010 11111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word your is repeated.

    The author used the same word every at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Asra;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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