This is an analysis of the poem Ch 04 On The Advantages Of Silence Story 05 that begins with:

Galenus saw a fool hanging on with his hands to the collar of a learned man and insulting him, whereon he said: ‘If he were learned he would not have...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a XbXcXaXcabdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010110100100100011101011011010111111001011001 1111101110 11010100010010 0110010010110 10100110010101 110110101010 1110100111 01101111 010011010 11100101011 1101011101010 1111111111 011111101011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 411
  • Average number of words per stanza: 72
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 63 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word if is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines am is repeated).

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  • summary of Ch 04 On The Advantages Of Silence Story 05;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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