This is an analysis of the poem Ghazal 314 that begins with:

You who are not kept anxiously awake for love's sake, sleep on.
In restless search for that river, we hurry along;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXababaXaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 111111000111111 0101111011001 11110100110111 1101010101011 11110101011 111011101110 11100111110011011 0100100011110110 111000101011011 110101111111111 01111111 1111101011111 1111101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 743
  • Average number of words per stanza: 136
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 56 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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