This is an analysis of the poem Ch 03 On The Excellence Of Contentment Story 26 that begins with:

I have seen a fat fool, dressed in a costly robe, with a turban of Egyptian linen on his head, riding on an Arab horse. Someone said: ‘Sa’di, what...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aXabbXbXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011100101001000101010110111011111011010010010101001001010011010010110 10010111011 010101010 01001001001001 0100110110010 0101010010100001 1111010010101 00101010100101 101101001 100001011101110 10111110110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 411
  • Average number of words per stanza: 69
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • Average number of symbols per line: 74 (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; this, his are repeated.

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