This is an analysis of the poem Kabul that begins with:

Oh, the beautiful city of Kabul wears a rugged mountain skirt,
And The rose is jealous of its lash-like thorns....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abba cXXX ccXX ddcb bXcc XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10100100101010101 10101000111 01010101110011 11101101111001 111100010010 010001111 1100010101110 110011100010101 11100101 101011101001 011010110101 11011010100100 100101010101 00011010111 111101011011 110010110101 0101011110 011111001 0101000101011 100111011011 11001010001100 10010010101001100
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 186
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • 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; of, her are repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Kabul;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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