This is an analysis of the poem Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 47 that begins with:

A padshah was casting a glanced of contempt upon a company of dervishes and one of them, understanding by his sagacity the meaning of it, said: ‘O...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a XbabcXbXcdd X eeXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,11,1,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011001001010100010011001010101000010001110011101000101001110010111101001010010001 1010001011010 1010100101 0110110001 10100111101 11101010001 000100001001010 010001010111011100100010101011 111110101001010 0101001011 01101110010 101110111001001 0101000101011001001000100100100011010110010010110001001011111110010101010101000010010011001001001110010010100111011111101010100101111110100010 111010000100100 1101000100100 110101001010 11110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 436
  • Average number of words per stanza: 73
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • 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, in, and, he are repeated.

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  • summary of Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 47;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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