This is an analysis of the poem Ch 03 On The Excellence Of Contentment Story 10 that begins with:

A grain dealer to whom Sufis were owing some money asked them for it every day in the town of Waset and used harsh language towards them. The...

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: cinquain
  • Metre: 0110011001011010101001001010111100100010101100010011110100101011001101010100110010101010010001101100100010 001000000101000100 10100100110 0010011011 1001010000010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 308
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 5
  • Average number of symbols per line: 125 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 22
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, to, them, it, than are repeated.

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