This is an analysis of A Persian Apologue by Henry Austin Dobson.
Melek the sultan, tired and wan,
Nodded at noon on the divan.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aa bX cc dd aX aa XX bX XX eeXcc
- Stanza lengths: 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
- Metre: 100101011 10111001 01010101 10011010 11011101 11010111 10100101 11001001 11010101 10101101 10100111 01111101 11010101 11110001 10100111 11010010 11010111 11111001 11011111 10110111 10010111 11010111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 11
- Lines: 22
Anaphora
'dear