This is an analysis of the poem Introductory 05 that begins with:

My negligence and backwardness in diligent attendance at the royal court resemble the case of Barzachumihr, whose merits the sages of India were...

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcadXedf X XbdaXX d fXacX X gdXcfX X gXdcXXaeXdcdb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,1,6,1,5,1,6,1,13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110011000100010101010100101000110010010000101111101101010110010110111010001011101001011101110001001100101100101011001011110 0110011 11000111 1110101010 111011100 0100110101 110010110101 1101010101 10101001110100 1111100010010010011101000100111010010110100011001000100100101001100011011001010100101011111101000001010001111001000110101111010110 111010100 1100101001 1011000010 1110010101 10101011 0010111101 110110110010110111101010001001010111110010011111010110011101111 1101001110 10110101 110101101010 0100100101 1010100010 1100010010000111110010110010100100101011100101011010011011010010101101100100110100101010101001100110010 0101101000110 110010011001 00100001110101 011011010001010 0111010101000 10011010100 0101001010010010001100100010101000010100010010101001101001010111011100010011001100 101001 110100100 110100010 1100100010 11111 1110111 1100101010 11111001 10100111110 01011101101 10101011110 110101011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 316
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 83 (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, to, he, what, and, in, i, not, this, on are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Introductory 05;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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