This is an analysis of the poem Ch 03 On The Excellence Of Contentment Story 29 that begins with:

I heard that a dervish, sitting in a cave, had closed the doors upon the face of the world, so that no regard for kings and rich persons remained in...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aXaX b aXcXXXbbXcXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,1,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1110101000111010101001111011111100100100010 11000101110 01110101010 0101001001 01010101001 10010110110011011000010000101011110101110101010100010001000111010011011101001011011011111100110100111110001011101010111001000100101111010110111111100101 0110011010 0111011101001 10011110011 110101111 011001010010 01100101110 011010011 11010011001 1010111010 0110111110 10010001010 10100101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 383
  • Average number of words per stanza: 69
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 85 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 15
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, him, he, to, that, thou, one, may, be are repeated.

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

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