This is an analysis of the poem Turbaned On that begins with:
Like a branch of the pomegranate tree,
We lie here, swaying slowly, o turbaned one....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaBa cABA caBa XaBa XaBa X XaBa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,1,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1010010001 111101011001 1001101 101011001 1010011 10001011001 1001101 10001011001 111101 111101011001 1001101 101011001 1101010 1110101011001 1001101 0101011001 1101100 1111001011001 1001101 1001011001 0100110011010 1010101001 111001011001 1001101 1001011001
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; one, turbaned are repeated.
The author used the same word like at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word one at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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