This is an analysis of the poem Ghazal 62 that begins with:

Well done O messenger, bring a message from my friend
Willingly I'll give my own life for the sake of my friend....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaababacacadada
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111001010011 10011111101011 10100011011011 01010010111011 110010100111 01011101111 00111101101001 0101110011111 101110101011 10011011011 1111100110101 011111111 111101110101 11110100011011 00101001010101 1110101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 821
  • Average number of words per stanza: 162
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; my, friend, i are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Ghazal 62;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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