This is an analysis of the poem Quatrain 1693 (Farsi With English Translation) that begins with:

ay sâqî, az-ân bâda ke awwal dâd-î
riTlê dô dar andâz-o be-y-afzâ shâdî ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX a XXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,1,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111101 111110111 1111111 111111101 110010 11000111111 1011111011100 10010011011 10111001111110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • 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; d, y, b are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word y is repeated.

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

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