This is an analysis of the poem Ghazal 01 that begins with:

O beautiful wine-bearer, bring forth the cup and put it to my lips
Path of love seemed easy at first, what came was many hardships....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabaaaXabaaa XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11001101101110011 101110111111010 000101011011001 0101110101011 001010101110101 10111011110001 01101110011011 100100111010111 011110110110011 111101111101001 1101110111110101 1101001100100101 00101110111001 100111110010101 10100 11001 1011
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 461
  • Average number of words per stanza: 87
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

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  • summary of Ghazal 01;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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