I Have A Seat In The Abandoned Theater by Mahmoud Darwish: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem I Have A Seat In The Abandoned Theater that begins with:

I have a seat in the abandoned theater
in Beirut. I might forget, and I might recall...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdefefgfdahahbijjjgdigahgjc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 29,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110100010100 001110111101 010101101010101 1011011110 100 10 100110100111100100 0010001010010111 110101001110100 10011 1111001011110 11011010 1 11111111010 1 1111110010 10001011001 111101010010 11011011011 011001110111 1010110110 1110011 10111111110111 100 1110010100100 11110011111 101011111 11001 111010001010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1120
  • Average number of words per stanza: 216
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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 is repeated.

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