Clothes Chapter X by Khalil Gibran: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Clothes Chapter X that begins with:

And the weaver said, "Speak to us of Clothes."
And he answered: ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X a X b X a X a X b a X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010110010100 1110 110110110111101000 1111010010010011100010101 111110110101011110110 1010100011101010001 1011100011111001010 11101101000010101 110111110010 0111100010101010001 1100110111010010101010001 10111010101111101101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 75
  • Average number of words per stanza: 15
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 76 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 15

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, wind are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Clothes Chapter X;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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