This is an analysis of the poem Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 10 that begins with:

One asked the man who had lost his son:
‘O noble and intelligent old man! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a aba X Xcabbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,3,1,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111101 1101010011 11110100010010 111111001010 101 110101010 11000111010100 1101100110 01110101011 001011001011 11111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 10;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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