This is an analysis of the poem Ch 04 On The Advantages Of Silence Story 03 that begins with:

An intelligent youth possessed an abundant share of accomplishments and discreet behaviour so that he was allowed to sit in assemblies of learned men...

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aXaXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101001011010100100101100111101010010011110100100001011111011111011101001011111011111110101 11110101 01110010 11100101101 10111111 111111110101 111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 322
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 7
  • Average number of symbols per line: 92 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 16
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of Ch 04 On The Advantages Of Silence Story 03;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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