This is an analysis of the poem Ishtehaar that begins with:

A girl whose name is Love
Is lost....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCB cdeXfbfbXgh hidjdkc ilflkglhhckglgkgg cXjglfbmm nnnjjfefaaeXABCB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,11,7,17,9,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011101 01 10100 101 0100100 100110 0101010 01010 11010 1001 11100010001 010101111 1011101 01101 0111 111001111 1001111 1010001100 11010 11010100100 10110 10111 1100101001 10101110010 11001100 01010 1010011 010111 110 100101111 10011111 001010 001010 101101 101010 101011 100101 1111101 1111011 1111111 10001000 100111001 1101111 111110010 111001 11100 11010001 1110001 1101111 1101011 110110001 110101001 11010101 01111110 101001110 1111111 111111 110101001 1010100101 011101 01 10100 101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 238
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 63
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her, it, feels, like, i, in, beg, for, sake, she, not are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words her, it, she, every, from, nobody, i, that are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines now, though, me, grief, sake are repeated).

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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