This is an analysis of the poem Ch 08 On Rules For Conduct In Life - Admonition 01 that begins with:

The amity of princes and the sweet voice of children are not to be trusted, because the former is changed by fancy and the latter in the course of...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0100010101101011001001010011101010001011 11110011001010 1011001101111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 3
  • Average number of symbols per line: 98 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 18
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Ch 08 On Rules For Conduct In Life - Admonition 01;
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