Ch 05 On Love And Youth Story 02 by Saadi Shirazi: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Ch 05 On Love And Youth Story 02 that begins with:

It is said that a gentleman possessed a slave of exquisite beauty, whom he regarded with love and affection. He nevertheless said to a friend: ‘Would...

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aXXaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 001101000101010010110100110101100110011101010101010100101011011010110110110110100101001101001101010100010011011011010 1010001011 0101101 1100010101010 1010010101 0100110111 010101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 371
  • Average number of words per stanza: 61
  • Amount of lines: 7
  • Average number of symbols per line: 106 (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; and, he, master, with, to, slave are repeated.

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

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