This is an analysis of the poem Balqees that begins with:
Balqees. . . oh princess,
You burn, caught between tribal wars, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdbXeeXXfXbXXXfXacddbcd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 25,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10110 11101101 1011010010011 0111110 11111010 10111101011100010 111111 1011 10101010010 1111001001 11011110101 111100011 111010100 111001001010 1110010010010 01010101011 1110101 10 111010 01111010011 01111 10100110010010101 11 101111001 10010100100
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 971
- Average number of words per stanza: 164
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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