This is an analysis of the poem Ch 07 On The Effects Of Education Story 03 that begins with:

An illustrious scholar, who was the tutor of a royal prince, had the habit of striking him unceremoniously and treating him severely. The boy, who...

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XabX X acXbXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,1,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101001011010001011010010111010001101010011111010100100100011111101010101110100100111010111110110001011100010100101111000111100101010001001110010001000011010010010011101000110011101111010011101001000110101010011100 0010010110101010 001011110010 10010101011 001010010 0001000101010011010010010010110100111010011100010101010 1111110101 0110110101 1010111101110 100110011101 0110100010010000101000101001010110101001011110010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 316
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • Average number of symbols per line: 145 (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, in, and, upon, his, he are repeated.

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

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