This is an analysis of the poem Ch 04 On The Advantages Of Silence Story 02 that begins with:

A merchant, having suffered loss of a thousand dinars, enjoined his son not to reveal it to anyone. The boy said: ‘It is thy order and I shall not...

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  • Rhyme scheme: a Xa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 010101010010100101100100100011001101111101110110001000001010001000010101110010101010010010110001010111 011110100 0110111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 238
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 3
  • Average number of symbols per line: 162 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 29
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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