This is an analysis of the poem Fatima And Raduan that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: X Xa bbccaadD ddbbeedD ffggbbdX XbddhhdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 0010 1010101100 100011001 110101010001 11010111110101 111010111100101 101010101011101 0011101111110 01010100111101 11111101100101 1111010011111 11111010011001 111110101011101 111111110101001 11110111010111 0101111110001 11110101011101 11111011110111 1111010011111 11011100111111 1111010111101 111001111111111 11011101110101 1011111111101 11111100110101 110111111100101 1111010011111 110001001010 1101010100101 011101110111 11011001110101 11011111110111 011010111111101 11101011110111 1111010011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 329
  • Average number of words per stanza: 64
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, and, that, with, i, as are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same words goes, ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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