This is an analysis of the poem Ten Precepts From Dhammapada that begins with:
Hate for hatred if ye render,
Hatred lives and mortal strife;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbX bcXX XdaX bcaX acXX XeaX eeXX ffXX dXgX degX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11100110 1011101 10111010 10111011 1011101 1010101 11111010 01100111 111111100 1111101 111001010 111111111 00111010 1110101 10111010 11111011 01101110 1010101 101101010 10101011 101111000 0110101 110001010 11111111 10101110 1011111 111101011 10111111 1110101 0010101 111011100 101010111 1111101 1110011 1111100 001111111 10010101 10010101 11001010 11100011
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; hatred, and, by are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words by, like, not, wherefore are repeated.
The author used the same word not at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase hatred connects the lines.
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