This is an analysis of the poem On The Divan that begins with:
HE who knows himself and others
Here will also see,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a ba b c cdXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,1,1,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101110 10101 10111110 10110 10001110 11101010 1010111 0010101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 39
- Average number of words per stanza: 7
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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.
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- summary of On The Divan;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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