This is an analysis of the poem When In Shaam The Caravan Of Widows Arrived that begins with:

When in Shaam the caravan of widows arrived
In embarrassment they bowed their heads and cried ...

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcbX debdcfaaeaeghcXiiebebejckfkffafeceefeelmmebXcffbdbckckakkcbebekbaafabdlleeeclahhheabXbeXdfaedaecajjeejekhhkhckeeegkk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,116,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 101010101001 00100111111 1010011101 1001010111 101101111 010101001010 1100101011 101001001001 011010010001 0111010011 110101101011 01001001011 001101111 100010010101 1010110001011 110010101 10111111010111 111100010101 100110101001 1100101111 010010011101 1010110101 1101111001 010111001001011010011 101101011 110110110111 1110111001 00111111001 11101101001 1001101001 111011011 01011010001 11101000111 10110101011 11101111101 1010010111 011100111 010101101101 111100101 01011111001 110101000111 011001011001 11010100111 10101101001 11001001101 11110101111 1101111101 101111001 10010101001 101000111010 11110101111 10000110101 1101011111011000101001 1101011101 01011001001 10110001010 1001001001001001 010001010101 1001110101 0111010111 0010010101 100111001 0010010011101 001110001001 1001101010101 11011001 110100101 0100101001101 101011111 10110100101 100110101 01011011011 110100101 1111011101 011010101 1111011011 1101011101 1101111101 11010101011 111010101011 10101101101 1101101101110100100001 101011111 11110001101 100111001 11011011111 11101011111 1110011001 11101101011 11101001001 111111011 1110010111101 11111101011 100101101110 1010111111 11101111011 100111001001 10110110101 01001111001 0011011001 10101111001 11010011101 1010101001 111010101001 111011001011 00100101011 11011001011 101111101 0111111 11010101011 110011011110111111 011111111 11010001001101 10111111101 1101101111 001101011001 010101111 111011101 0101001101 01110101111 1111101111 1110100101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 5817
  • Average number of words per stanza: 1077
  • Amount of lines: 123
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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; he, i, and, her, she, his, s, banu, what, you are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words in, what, you are repeated.

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