This is an analysis of the poem Ch 04 On The Advantages Of Silence Story 13 that begins with:

A man used to shout superfluous calls to prayers in the mosque of Sinjar and in a voice which displeased all who heard it. The owner of the mosque,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01101101101001010100110111100100011101110001101001111101000111110010111110101011111011100101010111011110011010100011111111011101011110001011111110110100100100100110100111111101001011101010 111101010011 1101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 428
  • Average number of words per stanza: 81
  • Amount of lines: 3
  • Average number of symbols per line: 289 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 54
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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