This is an analysis of the poem Saif-Ul-Malook 02 that begins with:

Remembering the beloved again again, they eat, frying pieces of their liver,
Like a fruit drink, from the hands of the beloved, they drink the...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ab cX dX ea ff ec XX ed db cc Xa fX cX ac dX ff Xc adXff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0100001001011110100110 1011001000101101010 100111010001011011 001011101011010011011010 0100101011010110101 11110100110111101 100101001111010000100010 0101010111010010 11001111010101 1010100111101001 010011111110 01110101111111 0111000110110111000 0111000100100110010011 01010101010100110011011 111110111010001 1110101111010101 01010100110111101010 111010110111100100 10101100010100101010110110 10101010110101001001 01101001001000010010 1101011001 010110111101001100 01001010010010101010 0101001000111101 01001010100111010 11111101100101 1111010101101101 001111010111010101 01010010110111 1001011111101 0111001001100001 01111111011110010 10101001000011010101110010 111011111001 010010110001100011011 11010010101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 19
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 70 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 13
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; they, of, love, it, happy, he are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word without is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Saif-Ul-Malook 02;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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