This is an analysis of the poem Ch 08 On Rules For Conduct In Life - Maxim 26 that begins with:

From a body without a heart obedience does not arise and a husk without a kernel is no stock in trade.
Not everyone who is brisk in...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00100101010011011010101001101 1101101001001010 1001001101 00101000100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 4
  • Average number of symbols per line: 70 (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; in is repeated.

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  • summary of Ch 08 On Rules For Conduct In Life - Maxim 26;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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