This is an analysis of the poem Ch 03 On The Excellence Of Contentment Story 01 that begins with:

A Maghrabi supplicant said in Aleppo in the row of linen-drapers: ‘Lords of wealth, if you were just and we contented, the trade of begging would...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XaaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: cinquain
  • Metre: 0100100101000010101010101011101001010110001 1010111 1011110101 10010010010 111101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 179
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 5
  • Average number of symbols per line: 73 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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