This is an analysis of the poem Ch 07 On The Effects Of Education Story 06 that begins with:

A padshah entrusted a tutor with the care of his son, saying: ‘This is thy son. Educate him as if he were one of thy own children.’ He kept the...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XaaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: cinquain
  • Metre: 010010010001001100011101110101011101101110110011110110101001010101100100110001100110011010010111110100001011001010111001000110101100 1111011101 1111011011 10001001011 10100110110101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 373
  • Average number of words per stanza: 65
  • Amount of lines: 5
  • Average number of symbols per line: 149 (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; and, he, him, of are repeated.

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