I Come From There by Mahmoud Darwish: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem I Come From There that begins with:

I come from there and I have memories
Born as mortals are, I have a mother ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaaXaXXaaXacbbXddcXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101111100 1110111010 10101010 11101 1010100110 10011111 11111 1110101 10011011001 101001 10010101 11010101 1010100001010 11011100110010 10111010 11101111 000101 111011000101 1111101 111011101 01010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 763
  • Average number of words per stanza: 151
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • 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; i, have are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines mother is repeated).

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