This is an analysis of the poem Kalam - 1 that begins with:

1
These false prophets Were never disciples themselves,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaXabXXc Xbcbdbebf Xbaacgcdb XhiaXejjX XkfeXhjhb XeiXbflbbae XcfcbdhXi XcfbXejcX XbeclXbkf XgddXaiXia
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,11,9,9,9,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 111001001001 110101010010 1110101000 1110101001101010 1110101 1001111110 0010010101 1101001110101010 1 10001001 1110011110100 111110001101 1100101010100 010000011 0110101001011 1110101 001001001010010001 1 111110010101 1110110010111010111 01111111 10010100010011 11111011010 10001101001 1101010100 1110001001 1 11101101 10100101 11010110 1110111000 1011110110 01010101010 10110101011 0100110110 1 1011010101 111101 1101010110 1011001001011100101001 101011011 11001010011111101100 1101111001 01110101000100101 1 11010010 110101001 11111011110 10011001111011111110 001010011 101101001111 11101 01111101 01110010010 111010110101 1 11011011 010011 111110101 010110010 1110010100 11111100 10111010110 10111000111 1 1100001110011 0100101 1101010010011101001 01001001100101001 10101000100001001010 101010110110 100110110010011 0101110 1 010110101001 010011010111 100010110011 01001000111 010011011011 1011011010010 1000101110111 1111110101 1 111010110110 1110101001100 1011101010100 011101101 110111101 10010111011 10111010 011101110101 1010001010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 380
  • Average number of words per stanza: 70
  • Amount of lines: 93
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; their, of, they, my, and, me, he, his, your are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, he, the, you are repeated.

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  • summary of Kalam - 1;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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