This is an analysis of A Brief Love Letter by Nizar Qabbani.

My darling, I have much to say
Where o precious one shall I begin ?…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXcXadefcbfXXXXegddgaXbb
  • Stanza lengths: 25,
  • Metre: 11011101 111011101 11001010 11110111110 0101 11111001 011011 0111101010 01001 0101 010010011 010010101 1111001 10100101101 01011010 110110101011 101111 11011 101010110 01110011001 010101111 011101 1001101111 11011001110 011110110110
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 25

Anaphora

a, its

Epiphora

been