This is an analysis of the poem The Persian Version that begins with:
Truth-loving Persians do not dwell upon
The trivial skirmish fought near Marathon....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaabbccccccaadd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1101011101 01001011101 11010100010 11011101010 1101100001 1101011101 1111011101 1101001101 1101011101 0101110001 1101010001 1011110101 01011101010 11010101010 01010110110 110101000010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 664
- Average number of words per stanza: 105
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of The Persian Version;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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