This is an analysis of the poem Ch 01 Manner Of Kings Story 26 that begins with:

It is narrated that a tyrant who purchased wood from dervishes forcibly gave it away to rich -people gratuitously. A pious man passing near said:
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a XXbbXX X cXXaacabc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,1,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 00110101011010100100100101100100001011011 101011011100 1110101101100 11101011011 010100111110 0110100001 1110001110100 0101001011110111100101111100010100010011111010101001100110100110110010110111000110111101011000110001100100101000 0100100101 011110101011 100011111111 011110101 010101010001001101 11100111 001011011101 10101010101 1001010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 366
  • Average number of words per stanza: 59
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 87 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 14
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thou, of, to, from, him, pass, and, his, not are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Ch 01 Manner Of Kings Story 26;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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