This is an analysis of the poem Ch 08 On Rules For Conduct In Life - Maxim 02 that begins with:

Two men took useless trouble and strove without any profit, when one of them accumulated property without enjoying it, and the other learnt without...

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XaabXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101101101011000101010001010010101011001111 110110110010 1110011011001 10101101000 010010011 101101101010110 10001000101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 251
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 7
  • Average number of symbols per line: 72 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; without is repeated.

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