This is an analysis of the poem Ch 03 On The Excellence Of Contentment Story 18 that begins with:

An Arab suffering in the desert from extreme thirst recited:
‘Would that before my death ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a XXXX a aXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,1,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010000100011010 110111 11110111 101011111 11111101 00110010100101010101010101011111101110110110110111110001011010001001001001001010010101 0010101001 00011000101 001110010 110111001110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 189
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 77 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 13
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, and, in are repeated.

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