Maritime Poem by Nizar Qabbani: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Maritime Poem that begins with:

In the blue harbor of your eyes
Blow rains of melodious lights,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbaX AXbX Acad Adcd Aeaa XeXA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00110011 11001001 10111 101100100 00110011 0110110 11010010 10110111 00110011 11001 110010 110011111 00110011 1110101101 10010001 10110101 00110011 11001 111001010 0011011 01001010010 01010001101 11111110 00110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; in, if, only are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word in at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word eyes at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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