This is an analysis of the poem Duty Of Muslims that begins with:

Islam had taught us, 'Show friendship to all' '
‘In times of hardship share each other's grief '...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01111110011 01010111011 01101101101 11101001011 01011101010110 111010101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 296
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 6
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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