This is an analysis of the poem Ch 03 On The Excellence Of Contentment Story 02 that begins with:

Two sons of amirs were in Egypt, the one acquiring science, the other accumulating wealth, till the former became the ullemma of the period and the...

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  • Rhyme scheme: a aaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010001001010010010010101101001010000100101001010100111001010101111101001110101001011011101110010001101011001001000101110100100010101010010010 11111010101 111010111001 1111111010 11110101010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 380
  • Average number of words per stanza: 66
  • Amount of lines: 5
  • Average number of symbols per line: 153 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 26
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, i, egypt, and are repeated.

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