This is an analysis of the poem The Sufi In The City that begins with:

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When late I watched the arrows of the sleet... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bbbb X ccbc X ddcd X eedX a Xcbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1 1111010001 0101000101 1101110001 1111010001 1 1001001101 1001011101 11100010111 1011010101 1 1111110111 1101000101 1101010101 1111010101 1 1101111111 0101011101 1101011101 0101010011 1 1101011001 1101111101 1101110101 1101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 90
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, they are repeated.

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  • summary of The Sufi In The City;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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