This is an analysis of the poem Sohrab And Rustum that begins with:

And the first grey of morning fill'd the east,
And the fog rose out of the Oxus stream.... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcdeaeafa eeXXegaechaeeaeicce jX ekhkkgjaiaijjjeejaejegkilljagX ee jmmagjmnilaijndkbeaodXeammpjX akaagecXee fieeebeiimieeeibiqXigibemiiakXXjeeealbamrgbeee nkiX jikeje XmhmhiXqin cbade cqAmanbaX eeX eajamkaeeleeaaeeee aX egiiaibeiAekX lkdXjidkbjsnXmiocja
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,19,2,30,2,29,10,46,4,6,10,5,9,3,18,2,13,22,7,11,31,11,20,12,9,2,2,17,15,19,29,21,9,13,57,13,16,20,3,23,39,8,6,6,6,2,18,2,19,18,12,3,26,4,24,32,8,3,19,8,10,18,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
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  • Amount of stanzas: 62
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 647
  • Average number of words per stanza: 122
  • Amount of lines: 892
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, he, his, i, one, man, seek, of, they, with, to, not, thou, us, thy, from, in, but, that, my, her, nor, fate, like, me, thee, blood, shalt are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, through, i, to, the, for, but, his, of, with, that, my, nor, oh are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines stream, seeks, plume, corn, dance, hand, live are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words '', came at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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