This is an analysis of the poem Ch 04 On The Advantages Of Silence Story 14 that begins with:

A fellow with a disagreeable voice happened to be reading the Quran, when a pious man passed near, and asked him what his monthly salary was. He...

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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: 0100010100110001001010101111111010100110110110010111010101011110111101111111 01100101 11010010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 198
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 3
  • Average number of symbols per line: 135 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 23
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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