This is an analysis of the poem Ch 01 Manner Of Kings Story 34 that begins with:

One of the sons of Harun-ur-Rashid went to his father and angrily informed him that the son of an official had used insulting expressions towards him...

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aXXaXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010101011001011000111010101011010010011101010100110010110001100100010010100011011010110100110110110101000101101101001111101001001001011100100110010101001011010011100 10101001101 10100100100 1100100100 111011101 111001001001 1100101010101 111111001 111110011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 520
  • Average number of words per stanza: 85
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 116 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 19
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, to, he, harun, his, him are repeated.

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  • summary of Ch 01 Manner Of Kings Story 34;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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