This is an analysis of the poem Ch 08 On Rules For Conduct In Life - Maxim 34 that begins with:
When a sage comes in contact with fools, he must not expect to be honoured, and if an ignorant man overcomes a sage in an oratorical contest, it is...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X XXXaXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1011011011110100100101100110101011010010001100110011010 11001101 00100101010001 11010011001000100 10100011001 11011110101 01001010110011
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 274
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 7
- Average number of symbols per line: 79 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 13
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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