This is an analysis of the poem Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 20 that begins with:

Despite the abundant admonitions of the most illustrious Sheikh Abulfaraj Ben Juzi to shun musical entertainments and to prefer solitude and...

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  • Rhyme scheme: a ba X XX a cXXXde d fgbg f acXaeg b cgXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,1,2,1,6,1,4,1,6,1,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01001010100010100110001100110010101001101101000100111011110001000101101000101111100000100110010110100010101001010010110101111 00100100111101 0010001011101010 111111110100101001001110010 11111010101010000101 011101010100111010 0100111101101110111010110101010101011111010111110111 111111010 0110100101110 11100101 11001111 110001111111 11001111101 01110111101010001000100100111 010100101101 11011001101 1010010111 11011011110 00101111001101010111101001011001001011011111111101010001010100010000010001101111001001101010100101010011101110101101000100110100100101001010010111011010101010011100101011101 0010101001001 11101110011 111011001 0110100010111 0100110111101 110101101101 110001001001001001010101100011111001010000010001010011110101101111011101111111011001010010101110101001101100110101011110111010011111100010000100101110010011101010010 010100110111 1001010111001 10100010010010010 001000110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 285
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 115 (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; to, i, my, of, and, thou, their, his, from, musician, one, me, this, had, it are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 20;
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