This is an analysis of the poem Ch 08 On Rules For Conduct In Life - Maxim 49 that begins with:

An envious man is avaricious with the wealth of God and hates the guiltless as foes.
I saw a crackbrained little man, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abbaaXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100101000001011101011 110100101 10000100100 101110011010 11010101 100110011001 01011100110001 11010110001 11101101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 249
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 56 (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; to is repeated.

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  • summary of Ch 08 On Rules For Conduct In Life - Maxim 49;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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