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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  • summary of Ch 08 On Rules For Conduct In Life - Admonition 19;
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