This is an analysis of the poem To Samet Vurgun that begins with:

I finally made it to your city,
but I was late, Samet,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXXaXX bacXc bXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,5,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100100110 111110 1101010 11110101 11010111 1110 111110001 0110010 10101 11100101101010 1100100100100 11110111 011011 10101 111001 01001110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 162
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.

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

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