This is an analysis of The Eyelids Of Maidens by Antarah (Antar) Ibn Shaddad.
Behind their veils glimmer apparently
As if the sharp blade of the sword stabbing my heart fiercely…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaaaaaabbccXXXaccaaddeecccXffbbeeaaeeaaaaXXbb
- Stanza lengths: 46,
- Metre: 0111100100 10011001101110 0111000110110100 1010001100001011100 111111100101100 011101001001010100 1111001001010 110010111010001000 10111101110100010 1111111111110 1111111101110 101010111011010 11101011101000100 110011111110100 1100101011000 11001110010100 110010001110100111 100011011111101 101101001100 1111010111000100 110101011011101 111101101001001 111111101001010010 11001101010011001010 1110101110010111010 01101001110101010 111010010110110 110101001010111 110010101110 11110111111110 110101111111110 1110110001010010 111011110000110 111100101010101010 11101011100100 0111100100110 11001010001010100110 110101010001010010 10011011111000 1010111101000 001111111001010011010 1111010101010 10101111111110000 110110011001001000 1110100100100010 10100110011010
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 46
Repeated words/phrases
she, you, my, i, and, be
Anaphora
she, you
