This is an analysis of the poem The Khan's Devil that begins with:
The Khan came from Bokhara town
To Hamza, santon of renown.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aa bX cc dd aX aa bb ee XX aa ff Xg gg aX dX Xe hh Xa aX hh eX iX jj dd XX aa Xf kk iX
- 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,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01101001 01010001 11011111 11110111 01010101 01111101 11110101 11010101 10100101 11011111 11011101 1111101 11111111 10010101 11110101 01110101 11011101 11010101 11011101 11111101 10010101 010101001 11011100 11010101 11010101 111100101 11011101 10111101 110101011 01110111 110101010 1111111 11000101 11110101 10110100 10110111 110101001 11111100 11011101 11011101 010111001 11011100 10010101 00100110 01000101 01010101 01110101 101010101 11010111 0101111 100110101 01110101 11111100 11010111 1111101 111001001 11101101 01110111
- Amount of stanzas: 29
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 70
- Average number of words per stanza: 13
- Amount of lines: 58
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, ', and, his are repeated.
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