This is an analysis of the poem Ch 03 On The Excellence Of Contentment Story 12 that begins with:

One of the ullemma had many eaters to provide for and only a slender income. This fact he communicated to a great man of whose character he...

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bXXc b cbXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,1,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001001101000111100101101101010001101100110101010001010101001010010110111100101000010101000100101111010 0011110100011 11101110100110 10101111010011101 0101010001010100001 000101011010010010101000010001100011111011011101111001010 1000110101010010 010001110100010 101111010110 100010101010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 261
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 104 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 18
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, for, face, and, his are repeated.

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