This is an analysis of the poem Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 45 that begins with:

A kind old man in Baghdad
Gave his daughter to a cobbler. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaabbXXaXXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111010 10100010 010101110 11100101 110010101 110001111 1111111 10110111110 11111101 110110101000 01100110010 0011010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 481
  • Average number of words per stanza: 90
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 45;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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