This is an analysis of the poem The Moon Of Ramadân that begins with:

The sunset melts upon the Nile,
The stony desert glows, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcX efefedeX ghghedeX fcfcadaX dedeidiX dbdXfdfX jbjbfdXX XkXXdXdX lmlmndnX kbkbbdbX aeaecdcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110101 010101 011010101 110101 11010101 110101 111100101 01010 11110001 110101 10010101 110111 11010101 010111 11000011 01010 11010101 110101 01010101 010101 11011101 010100 11000101 01010 11110101 0100101 0100101 0100101 11010101 110111 11010111 01010 11011101 010101 01001111 110101 01010111 0101001 11010101 01010 01110111 110011 10010001 011000 11010101 110011 11011101 01010 110110101 101101 11011100 100101 11010101 111111 11110100 01010 11011101 110101 110010100 100101 11111101 111000 11011111 01010 010101011 1101101 010100101 110011 10011101 010111 11010101 01010 01110111 110111 10110101 110101 11001101 010101 11000111 11010 01110101 010101 01010111 110101 110100111 110001 11011101 01010
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 245
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 88
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

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

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

    The poet repeated the same word n at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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