This is an analysis of the poem Harmosan that begins with:
Now the third and fatal conflict for the Persian throne was done,
And the Moslem's fiery valor had the crowning victory won. ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aa bb XX Xc dd ee cX ff XX ff XX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101110101010111 10101001010101001 100011100010001 101001101010101 1010101010110011 1111101011101010 00111010110110 101000100010001 111110101011101 001010100110101 101110101010010101 1011101011100101 1011110101111101 11111010001011100 101010101010101 101011101010101 1011111101010011 1111111011101010 10101011110101 1011010101010111 1001011100010101 11101110111111100
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 67 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, thou, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word thou is repeated.
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- summary of Harmosan;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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