This is an analysis of the poem Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 02 that begins with:

I saw a dervish who placed his head upon the threshold of the Ka’bah, groaned, and said: ‘O forgiving, 0 merciful one, thou knowest what an...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bbcX X XXa XXbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,1,3,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010110101011001011110101100111011100100111001 111101001000110 011101101110100 100101010 1010101101010 101010001110100110010111111010011111010011101110110111101 101101110011 111111111 011100011101100101 1101001010010110110100 111100100110 1110010101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • 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; i, of, and, their are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 02;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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