This is an analysis of the poem Ghazal 02 that begins with:

Where is sensible action, & my insanity whence?
See the difference, it is from where to whence....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXaaaaaaaaaaaaa XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010010101001 10100000101 00110100101110 100010010111 1100100110100111 101011010101 0110111111101 1001100100011 111000101111 11111110111 11100110011011 10110110111 10100010010101 111100101011 1110001001010 1011010111 10100 11001 10011
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 443
  • Average number of words per stanza: 78
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; whence, where, your are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines whence is repeated).

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  • summary of Ghazal 02;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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