Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 06 by Saadi Shirazi: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 06 that begins with:

A hermit, being the guest of a padshah, ate less than he wished when sitting at dinner and when he rose for prayers he prolonged them more than was...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XX X XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,1,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010010010111111101101111111010111010100010010101101000100 1100010111111010 010111110010100 110100111010010001111011101001111011110101101000101011111010101010011111111011111110101110 1111010101001 110011010011 11110111001 101001010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 240
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 123 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 21

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, to, not, thou, of, anything, when, his are repeated.

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