This is an analysis of the poem Ch 08 On Rules For Conduct In Life - Maxim 17 that begins with:

Everyone thinks himself perfect in intellect and his child in beauty.
A Jew was debating with a Musalman ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 101101010101101010 01101000100 1110101101 010101000101 010111110101 0111110100 10110111101011 1001000110101 111001001100
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 259
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 58 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in is repeated.

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