This is an analysis of the poem Rasul, Even Though You Are Infamous For Your Love Of Tulip Lips that begins with:

Rasul, even though you are infamous for your love of tulip lips,
be happy, for seldom do the lovers complain of thy in-attention....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101111001110101 010110101001010010 1101011001010010 1101001010101111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 4
  • Average number of symbols per line: 68 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; for, love are repeated.

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

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