This is an analysis of the poem Ch 08 On Rules For Conduct In Life - Admonition 10 that begins with:

Wrath beyond measure produces estrangement and untimely kindness destroys authority. Be neither so harsh as to disgust the people with thee nor so...

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aXbXXaccXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1011001001010101001010001011100101001111100100 010011001011 1010100101100101 01110100100011 110101000100 110010111 10100111001 0110010111 11101010111110 11011101001 10111101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 361
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • Average number of symbols per line: 66 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, to are repeated.

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