Ch 03 On The Excellence Of Contentment Story 04 by Saadi Shirazi: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Ch 03 On The Excellence Of Contentment Story 04 that begins with:

One of the kings of Persia had sent an able physician to wait upon the Mustafa, the benediction of Allah and peace be on him; and he remained for...

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XXXaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001010111100100101001001010010110111101110001010011001001010100001001010000101111001010000110111111010100101001100110100110100100010011001010000101000101101010110110100111001011011101010100010111001010010 010101 11010001 11010100 11001111 110100010 101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 520
  • Average number of words per stanza: 90
  • Amount of lines: 7
  • Average number of symbols per line: 150 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 26

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, of, him, and, or, had, he, be are repeated.

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