This is an analysis of Balqees by Nizar Qabbani.
Balqees. . . oh princess,
You burn, caught between tribal wars,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcdbXeeXXfXbXXXfXacddbcd
- Stanza lengths: 25,
- Metre: 10110 11101101 1011010010011 0111110 11111010 10111101011100010 111111 1011 10101010010 1111001001 11011110101 111100011 111010100 111001001010 1110010010010 01010101011 1110101 10 111010 01111010011 01111 10100110010010101 11 101111001 10010100100
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 25
Anaphora
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