This is an analysis of the poem Allah. (From The German Of Mahlmann) that begins with:

Allah gives light in darkness,
Allah gives rest in pain, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaba cdcd bdXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011010 101101 1111010 101101 010101010 0100101 111011010 110101 1001010 101111 1001010 101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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