This is an analysis of the poem Azan that begins with:

When I am preoccupied with nothing in particular, rather with misdeed;
I don't think much, what I was or what I am going to be in future, indeed....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccdeffeeaade ddaabbee gghhggbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 11101010100110010011 11111111111100001001 10010101000110110 0100101101011010010 110011100100111 010101111011111 11111100101001 100101001110011 1011010111011 01100010011101101001 011101011110 0101001100101101110 01101010100111001 10101001100101010100101 1101010010010101111 10010100111001110011 100100110111011 110001101011101 01111010011001 10001001110110110101 10010101110100100100101 110010101011010101011 10110101001010110 111110001011101111110110 01011001010111 11100000111010101 1111101010101101 011101000010001101 11111111101 101011101101111 01010010010101 11010101101001011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 696
  • Average number of words per stanza: 128
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 64 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, with, in, and, to, my, of, o, so are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Azan;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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