This is an analysis of the poem Ch 08 On Rules For Conduct In Life - Maxim 50 that begins with:
A disciple without intention is a lover without money; a traveller without knowledge is a bird without wings; a scholar without practice is a tree...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X XX a Xa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,1,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 00100101000100110010001100010110100110001011101010110001010101010101101010000100111010100101000101111011101001001010100101101010000101010111010101 001001101010100 0010000101001101 11011011011001001010110 10011011 1110010110110
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 210
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 6
- Average number of symbols per line: 144 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 24
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; without, who are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word a is repeated.
The author used the same word a at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word honey at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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