This is an analysis of the poem Ch 03 On The Excellence Of Contentment Story 15 that begins with:
Hatim Tai, having been asked whether he had seen in the world anyone of more exalted sentiments than himself, replied: ‘Yes, one day I slaughtered...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a aX X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,1,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1011001101110011000101010010101111110101001011010110100111110000100010111001000111010100100101111111101010101101011100101101 1111010011 01100010101 111101000101011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 204
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 4
- Average number of symbols per line: 156 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 29
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, i, had, to, his, hatim, he are repeated.
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