This is an analysis of the poem About My Poems that begins with:

I agree, O heart, that my ghazals are not easy to take in.
When they hear my works, experienced poets...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011111101110010 11111010010 111110100 11011001010010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 102
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 4
  • Average number of symbols per line: 50 (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, write are repeated.

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  • summary of About My Poems;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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