This is an analysis of the poem Ch 04 On The Advantages Of Silence Story 01 that begins with:

said to a friend that I have chosen rather to be silent than to speak because on most occasions good and bad words are scattered concurrently but...

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aXbabX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10011111010001010101110100111110010011000110010101110000101111100 01001001011001 01001011011010 10000101000101 100011001010001 011000111001 110001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 288
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 7
  • Average number of symbols per line: 83 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 15
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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