This is an analysis of the poem Ch 08 On Rules For Conduct In Life - Maxim 04 that begins with:
A learned man who is not abstinent resembles a torchbearer who guides others but does not guide himself.
Who has spent a profitless life ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a aX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01110110001001001110111101 11101001 110110101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 93
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 3
- Average number of symbols per line: 65 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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