This is an analysis of the poem Maen Kal Naheen Rahina that begins with:

Listen, O my life,
I will not be here tomorrow....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDAB bXefghiAB fgfehjbAB hXXeejAB egbjXfiABCD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,9,9,8,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111 10101011 011110110 1101 10111 10101011 0110110011 101010 01011010 00101 1101 01010 10101 10111 10101011 010110 1101 101111010 0110111 1100101110 0101 0010011 10111 10101011 11101111 010100 110011101 101010 1001011001 01011001 10111 10101011 110101101001 111 11000011011 110001 0101 01010 100101011 10111 10101011 011110110 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 236
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; like is repeated.

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

    The poet repeated the same word tomorrow at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Maen Kal Naheen Rahina;
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  • history of its creation;
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