This is an analysis of the poem Arabs in Finland that begins with:
Their language rolls out,
soft carpet in front of them....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbXbbcXdcadXXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 11011 1100100 1010011 1011 11010 1001 10101001 11100100110 1101010 10001 10101011 1010111110 1010011011 0010101101 101010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 475
- Average number of words per stanza: 82
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in is repeated.
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- summary of Arabs in Finland;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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