This is an analysis of the poem Ch 08 On Rules For Conduct In Life - Admonition 19 that begins with:
Ask not a dervish in poor circumstances, and in the distress of a year of famine, how he feels, unless thou art ready to apply a salve to his wound...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X aaXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: cinquain
- Metre: 1101001101010001001010111011110001010011001100100 111111001001 110011111101 11111111111 111111001101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 214
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 5
- 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; in, thou, to, and, his are repeated.
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