This is an analysis of the poem Ch 05 On Love And Youth Story 01 that begins with:

Hasan Maimundi was asked that, as the Sultan Mahmud possesses so many beautiful slaves, each of whom is a marvel in the world, how it happens that he...

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  • Rhyme scheme: a XbabaXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 101001111010010101101001101001000110101110101100111010111010111011101010101110010001010001 11100100 01110110000 111010101 0101111000011 010010110001 100100100101100 101100100101010 1001110010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 381
  • Average number of words per stanza: 66
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • 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; he is repeated.

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