This is an analysis of the poem Ch 06 On Weakness And Old Age Story 07 that begins with:

The son of a wealthy but avaricious old man, having fallen sick, his well-wishers advised him that it would be proper to get the whole Quran recited...

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: cinquain
  • Metre: 0100101100011101010110011101010010110010110100101110000111100100001010010101010010111101000110100100010010010100110101010001 0010010101 0110001001100 110111011001111 101101100100100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 344
  • Average number of words per stanza: 66
  • Amount of lines: 5
  • Average number of symbols per line: 138 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 26
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, of, it, quran, he, at are repeated.

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