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

A scholar of note had a controversy with an unbeliever but, being
unable to cope with him in argument, shook his head and retired....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbXXXXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01001101010011000110 01001010100101101 11111010110101001 10110010101100011 0111000010001010010 011110010110010 110001011100 010111111010101010 01010011101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 565
  • Average number of words per stanza: 107
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 62 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of Ch 04 On The Advantages Of Silence Story 04;
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  • history of its creation;
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