This is an analysis of the poem Ch 08 On Rules For Conduct In Life - Maxim 13 that begins with:

When all the artifices of an enemy have failed he shakes the chain of friendship, and thereon performs acts of friendship which no enemy is able to...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101000011001111010101010110101110001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 151
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 1
  • Average number of symbols per line: 151 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 28
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Ch 08 On Rules For Conduct In Life - Maxim 13;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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