This is an analysis of the poem Fragment From Aeschylus that begins with:

The man who rightly acts without coercion
Will not be grieved, can never wholly sink in wretchedness;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcdXbXcdaXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01110101010 01011101010100 10101000100110 001001100101 01001101 111011011 10010101010 11100101 1010111 10100010 110101 0101110001 11001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 535
  • Average number of words per stanza: 89
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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 Fragment From Aeschylus;
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  • history of its creation;
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