This is an analysis of the poem Ghazal 12 that begins with:

The bright moon reflects your radiant face
Your snowcapped cheekbones supply water of grace...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabaaabaXaXa XaXaXaXaXaaa X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,12,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0110111001 110011011001 11010101100011 11011011011001 11110101011 1111011111 11010100101 11011111 10010110101 01010111110101 11101111110001 1111101011111 11010110101 0111111101 1110111010101 11010101011 1010111010111 1011100100101 10101101101 11111010111111 1111010010001001 1010010110101101 1111011101 1111010101 11001101111 1111011011 010110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 442
  • Average number of words per stanza: 82
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of Ghazal 12;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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