This is an analysis of the poem Ch 08 On Rules For Conduct In Life - Admonition 18 that begins with:
Who has power over his foe and does not slay him is his own enemy.
With a stone in the hand and a snake on a stone ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X aX X XaXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,1,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1110100111111001100 001001101101 001000101001 101101001000101110010000101001010010111001101010101001001101010101011000101 001100010101 11011100100001 00001001000100010 01101010100111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 169
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 87 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 16
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, it, be, to are repeated.
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