This is an analysis of the poem Ch 08 On Rules For Conduct In Life - Maxim 29 that begins with:
To strike one’s fist on a lion, and to grasp the sharp edge of a sword with the hand, is not the part of an intelligent man.
Do not fight...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a aX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0111101010101100100101010101001 1111111001001 11101110010101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 3
- Average number of symbols per line: 84 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 17
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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