This is an analysis of the poem Beirut, The Mistress Of The World that begins with:

Beirut, the Mistress of the World
We confess before the One God...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcbbbdabXX eccaffXXcdae
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010001 10101011 11010001 111011 1011 11010110011 111110110011 1110101001010 10101011 11101011101 11111111 11101011000 101 010111011 111011111011 1110111011010 1010010 1010010010 110110 11010100101 10100010 10100010 10100101 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 391
  • Average number of words per stanza: 75
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; and, we, you, rise, in, honor, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words that, and, we, rise are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines you, us are repeated).

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