This is an analysis of the poem Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 27 that begins with:

It once happened that on a journey to the Hejaz a company of young and pious men, whose sentiments harmonized with mine, were my fellow-travellers....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bXbabcdcedeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0110110100010010001110111001010101101001010001101010001011101101101101010100010000100111000110011101100101001100010100001001011001111010011111001000101010110111000010 10111100010101 11110010001 01001010100010011 011111111101 1010101101001 101111011011 10111001 01000111111 11011001010 1101101010 1100101011110 1100100010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 672
  • Average number of words per stanza: 113
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 103 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 17
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, to, into are repeated.

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  • summary of Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 27;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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