This is an analysis of Jogging by Nizar Qabbani.

We stood in columns
like sheep before slaughter…

Browse poems by Nizar Qabbani

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abccaXXadcdXXaaXXXdbacdXaX
  • Stanza lengths: 26,
  • Metre: 11010 110110 1110 11001 010010 111001010 1111101 1101010000101 10101101 1010001 01111 0011110 10111101 111010011 010110 1001001010 11110 111011 101010101 0110100110 1101 1110011 10110 1011 11101 1011
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 26

Repeated words/phrases

we, of, and

Anaphora

we, and