This is an analysis of the poem Saadi that begins with:

Trees in groves,
Kine in droves,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabbcc deXXfXfgghhgcc XXiibbddccc ajjkkllmmnbnb ffllccllaaoolXaallmmmgXfnccbbmmmmcfcf llllcchXffXXeXggfF ccllfddccggfFmmddccllcchhiippfnbbffoo aaffjjabhhbbllmmddaammmmiiddXXeemmbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,14,11,13,37,18,37,36,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101 101 01010101 1110101 01011111 1010101 1010111 1010101 1110101 01100010 1110110 101110100 10010101 001100 10110101 10101 1011 1111 1101 0101 111010 110101 110101010 1110001110 01011 1101 1101 01010100 1111 11011101 1111010 1111010 010101 0111101 1011101 1010001 11011101 11000101 11011111 110011101 1101 1101 11011100 111101 010100100 010011 1110101 1010001 1000101 1010011 1110101 1110101 001001001 1011001 110111010 10110111 1011101 10111101 11100101 11100101 1110111 11010001 11011101 11011101 1011111 1110101 00111100 11011101 101011000 11010101 10111100 1101001 1110010 11011101 11011101 11011101 10010101 1100101 1010101 111100101 110101 11010101 101101 10010101 11010101 1011101 1111101 1010111 0101010 10101010 10111010 01101001 11010101 1110010 011101110 11001010 111101100 01010101 1010111 1110101 1110101 1011101 01110111 01011111 11110101 11010101 11110101 11010101 11111101 11011101 1111111 1110101 1010111 1110101 10100101 1010010 100010011 01010101 1110111 01111111 11010111 010101111 11010101 1101010 01101111 10110111 00100100 10101000 11110111 010111111 10101001 1010100 01010101 01011001 110101100 111000111 10111111 11110101 11010101 11011101 10011011 11010101 11111011 011000101 11010101 01110101 1110101 1010111 11010101 11000101 11011101 11011101 110011111 01010101 01110101 01011101 10010001 010101101 01010100 01010101 111100101 01100011 11011101 10011111 1110111 1010101 100001110 101010100 10111010 00101010 1010101 10010101 1110101 1111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 697
  • Average number of words per stanza: 124
  • Amount of lines: 174
  • 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, they, thee, thy, of, and, his are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, heed, the, behold are repeated.

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

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