Analysis of Noureddin, The Son Of The Shah
Clinton Scollard 1860 – 1932
There once was a Shah had a second son
Who was very unlike his elder one,
For he went about on his own affairs,
And scorned the mosque and the daily prayers;
When his sire frowned fierce, then he cried, "Ha, ha!"
Noureddin, the son of the Shah.
But worst of all of the pranks he played
Was to fall in love with a Christian maid,
An Armenian maid who wore no veil,
Nor behind a lattice grew thin and pale;
At his sire's dark threats laughed the youth, "Ha, ha!"
Noureddin, the son of the Shah.
"I will shut him close in an iron cage,"
The monarch said, in a fuming rage;
But the prince slipped out by a postern door,
And away to the mountains his loved one bore;
Loud his glee rang back on the winds, "Ha, ha!"
Noureddin, the son of the Shah.
And still in the town of Teheran,
When a youth and a maid adopt this plan,
All frowns and threats with a laugh defy,
And away from the mosques to the mountains fly,
Folk meet and greet with a gay "Ha, ha!"
Noureddin, the son of the Shah.
Scheme | aabbcC ddeecC ffggcC xxhhcC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110110101 1110011101 1110111101 010100101 11101111111 101101 111110111 1110110101 1010011111 1010101101 1111110111 101101 1111101101 01100101 101111011 00110101111 1111110111 101101 01001101 1010010111 110110101 00110110101 110110111 101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 966 |
Words | 204 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 185 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 49 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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