This is an analysis of the poem Ch 08 On Rules For Conduct In Life - Maxim 01 that begins with:
Property is for the comfort of life, not for the accumulation of wealth. A sage, having been asked who is lucky and who is not, replied: ‘He is lucky...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: a Xb a ccad d bdXcaXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,1,4,1,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 10001010011100101001011001101011010110101110111100101111101 111011111110 1101001010100111010 10011011011010110110111011111101111001 111010100010110 110101010110 01100010110001 0100011111010001 01010100010101010110001000101 01001001001101 01011010101 011010010111 1110100110101010 11111001010 11010001110 1111001101010101101 100101110110010
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 215
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 17
- Average number of symbols per line: 77 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 13
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; who, not, has, and, for, of, but, he, to are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines dinars, thee are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word thee at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Ch 08 On Rules For Conduct In Life - Maxim 01;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
More information about poems by Saadi Shirazi
- Analysis of Ch 08 On Rules For Conduct In Life - Maxim 33
- Analysis of Ch 08 On Rules For Conduct In Life - Maxim 14
- Analysis of Ch 08 On Rules For Conduct In Life - Admonition 11
