This is an analysis of the poem Ch 04 On The Advantages Of Silence Story 09 that begins with:

I was hesitating in the conclusion of a bargain for the purchase of a house when a Jew said: ‘Buy it for I am one of the landholders of this ward....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X Xaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010000100010101000110111011110011000111100100011001011011010111101000 011101011 011100001010 10110101 110110001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 231
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 5
  • Average number of symbols per line: 93 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 18
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, it, house, for, i are repeated.

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  • summary of Ch 04 On The Advantages Of Silence Story 09;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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