This is an analysis of the poem The Poem Of Imru Al Qays that begins with:
Stop, oh my friends, let us pause to weep over the remembrance of my beloved.
Here was her abode on the edge of the sandy desert between Dakhool...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aX bc de fX gX gh gX aX ii jX gg Xd kl XX hX cm dX Xm Xm ce hc dX cm gg nX Xh fd ck me oe cX pX lc ah kd ah Xl ml bq no cp iX dX cX aa dj kh hk na pp ge rr md qk rg kq XX gX rg lk ah rj Xgr
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111110110001001010 110011010010100110110 01000010111001010101 110111011000111001 01110100011101100 010011111101010 10100110100110110010011 010010111101001101001010100 110110011100111110 1101111011010100 1010110110101 10110110101011110 10110111000111110 11100101010010101010010 1011001001001111 10110100001001 101111110100101 011010111110111 011101011110110 01001101001101010110 1111111010111010 110110101101000101110 000100101010101011100 01010101001100100101 10100110010100010 01110001111001101 111110010010100100 1101010101101101011 1011101011001 11111011011011110 1111111011111101 1100101111111010 100100101111001110011 11101011000101111 1101011110001010 111011010111100100 110010101100100 011011111011100111010110 11010110111110101 111001101110110011110 101010110111010 1101110111000101 1111111010101101001101 100111111011101101100 111010111010100100101 01101110100100011100 11111010110101010010 1001000100100010101010111 111011111111011111 1110111101001000101100 1110011011001110110 01010101010001011 111110010001 010001010010100011011 1101110010111110011 111001110010 1101110010 0110101010 0010101011001011010 110010100101010001100 11011101101000101 11001100010010010 111011010011 00101010011100110000 100110111100101 110110110110101001011 01110001001 1011100101101101 1111001011101010110010 01010100111010001001 00101110100011101001 11100101111010100101 110110111010010010010 001011001010100110001 01110011100100100 1010100101010001110011 01001101111111011 1010100111000100111110100 10011110100110111 01101101001011010 1110011100111101 1010101011111101 1111011001100111 1101001111110100101 11011110101010110110010 11010110111010110010 110011101101110010011 1100111101111011 100010101011011011 111111001001101 1001010111101111010 1101110101011010011 111011010111010001010 1010111011010110110011100 01101001110011010010 10111011011101 11010010101101010001 0010111010101111101 11101010111011011 01010100100111010100111 111111010110111001101 11111010111010011110 101011011101110110110 1101101110110 101110101110101010 11101110111011001000101 1111001011011 11111111101010110010 1111111110111010 101001010110101011001 0101101001111111101 111010101101010101 111101101111010 111101110111010111010 11010110101110011001 010010111001010 001001010111110 1010011100101 0101011000111010011010011 01010000111011101010 01111110100101010 1101001001011011001 11010100100100100010 1110110010101111 11101110100111101011 101110010010110
- Amount of stanzas: 63
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 188
- Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, my, i, she, her, have, you, and, heart, in, your, me, his, as, to, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, she, he are repeated.
The author used the same words the, and, i, so, as at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines love is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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