This is an analysis of the poem Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 41 that begins with:

A company of vagabonds met a dervish, spoke insulting words to him, struck him and otherwise molested him; whereon he complained to his superior and...

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XaaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 010001001010101010111110101011010100010010101010111011010000100101011100101100000101010001 011001011001 0101101010101 0110110 01100101101 110101010101111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 310
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 6
  • Average number of symbols per line: 104 (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; and, of, to, him are repeated.

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

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

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