This is an analysis of the poem Non-Possession Is One-Tenth Of The Law that begins with:

Do not travel over vast distances.
Stay home and contemplate your neighbor,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXbcd bbbee Xabff dgahe gbhacXa XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,5,5,5,7,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101100 111101110 01101111101 1110010111 11101110 011001 10100101 1011010110 00011110110 101110110 10101110 001101010100 11100010 1100101 110011010 11101 0010100100100 11010010 101111100 0001101001 1101011001 110101110 11011011 11011001010 000111111 101101 101011001 0110101010 101100111 01101001011 0100000000000
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 198
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Non-Possession Is One-Tenth Of The Law;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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