This is an analysis of the poem Ghazal 35 that begins with:

Keep to your own affairs, why do you fault me?
My heart has fallen in love, what has befallen thee? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXababaXabXba X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 10110111111 1111001110101 001001111010 100101111011 01010111101 0101001111 01001100110111 0100011011011 11100111110 11001011011001 11101101001111 10011001000100 1011101100101 0101010101 010110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 369
  • Average number of words per stanza: 71
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • 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; of, my are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Ghazal 35;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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