This is an analysis of the poem Ch 03 On The Excellence Of Contentment Story 05 that begins with:
A man often made vows of repentance but broke them again till one of the sheikhs said to him: ‘I think thou art in the habit of eating a great deal...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a Xa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01101100101100111001101111100100100111111000101010110101111011111001100110111100111 0111011 101110111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 213
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 3
- Average number of symbols per line: 149 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 28
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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