This is an analysis of the poem Ch 03 On The Excellence Of Contentment Story 23 that begins with:

I heard about a wealthy man who was as well known for his avarice as Hatim Tai for his liberality. Outwardly he displayed the appearance of wealth...

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bc a XX d XeXcXdX a dXbX aXde
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,1,2,1,7,1,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11010101111111010011011010100100101001001110001010111001111101101001010010101010100101001101001000100010111110100110101011 0101100010101 011101100110 1111110001001000010100010100010011011010111100100100101011001 11111010110101011 001111100101 1100010100010100101110011101011100111011001001001011010 011001010000010100 10100010010110011 001010 0110011010 111101010 10101001 1000101011 001101111010010101110010001101111110110110100100111101010010011001011110111 100110001 010101010 001000010010110 00110101100 1010001011100100011110111 111100101 11110101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 216
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 100 (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; of, his, he, or, in, as, to, for, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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  • summary of Ch 03 On The Excellence Of Contentment Story 23;
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