This is an analysis of the poem Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 21 that begins with:

Loqman, being asked from whom he had learnt civility, replied: ‘From those who had no civility because what appeared to me unbecoming in them I...

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: cinquain
  • Metre: 10101011110100010111101000110101101000101010 101011001 01101001100111 100101001011001 11011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 205
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 5
  • Average number of symbols per line: 86 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; from is repeated.

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