This is an analysis of the poem Abou Ben Adhem that begins with:

Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!)
Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbXccccXXXdX eeee Xd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,4,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 0111010101 0111001101 1101011001 10011101001 11010001010 0101111101 1001000111 101010010101 1001101101 10110111010 100110010110110 0101001111 11011110111 11111101010 0101110011 01010011001 1101110111 1111011101 0100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 290
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Abou Ben Adhem;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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