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

At village lived, in days of yore,
A youth bred in Mahomet's lore;...

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaaccccddXeaaffggffffhhaXddaaccccaaddeeffiiXicciicXcceeccccaaccjjXXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 72,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 01101001 01110101 01010101 01110001 00111101 11010101 01011111 00110101 111100101 01000011 01001001 11101101 1111001001 010010101 01110011 10111101 00101101 01001101 01110101 001111010 010100010 11110101 10111010 11010111 01111001 01011111 11010101 11000101 11110101 11000001 10010101 11110101 10010111 01010001 110100001 10100101 10111111 11110001 11110101 10011111 01011101 11100101 11111101 11010101 01101111 101011100 00110001 10010001 11110101 101010011 10111101 10010011 111011010 0100110101 01000111 01010101 11011101 11011101 01111101 01111101 11011001 01010101 01001101 11110001 11010001 10010101 00110101 0100111001 111111100 00100101 011111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2415
  • Average number of words per stanza: 447
  • Amount of lines: 72
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; to is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.

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

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