This is an analysis of Slave Boy by Yusuf ibn Harun al-Ramadi.

They shaved his head
to clothe him in ugliness…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,2,
  • Metre: 1101 0110100 1010011 0010 10101 11101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 6