This is an analysis of the poem Ch 01 Manner Of Kings Story 06 that begins with:

It is narrated that one of the kings of Persia had stretched forth
his tyrannical hand to the possessions of his subjects and had begun...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabcdef eXbc XXghaihhX Xf cXijX adaa XXghdXb bjXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,4,9,2,5,4,7,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0011011001010111 0010010001000011110 0010110001010000100 10010100111111010 001001101001010101 010001000010100100 0110111001100010100 10101000100100 10111000101000 010010010110001 0101101000111 110100110001000110 010000100101010100010 10110101110010110 10111010101001010 1101111101010 0101001001110101111 011000101101000100 101000101001110010 1010011110101100 001010010111 01010111001 0111001010100010 01101000101110110 10111100111100111 1010100110010011 1001001100 01001100010 101100010 01010100010 010100010011 010100010010010 11010101000100110 10010010001000100110 0101011001001010010 101011010100101 01001110100100111 01000 0101010010001 0001001000101001 01100111100101 010011010001100
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 310
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 59 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, his, in, royalty are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines the is repeated).

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  • summary of Ch 01 Manner Of Kings Story 06;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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