This is an analysis of the poem Ghazal 53 that begins with:
The corner of the tavern is my altar, where I pray
At dawn, the mantra of the Old Magi, I say....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabaaabaXbabaaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 01000100110111 110100011011 1100111111001 11010010001011 111010110111 1000101010001011 1100110101111 11000111011101 101001110111 100111110011 0011111111101 110101110111 1111011010011 1010101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 370
- Average number of words per stanza: 75
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, i, my are repeated.
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- summary of Ghazal 53;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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