This is an analysis of the poem Ch 08 On Rules For Conduct In Life - Maxim 52 that begins with:

Regret will not leave the hearts of two persons and their feet of contention will not emerge from the mire: a merchant with a wrecked ship and a...

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XaXaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010110101101110010010100100100011101100100 10000100100111 011111101100 100100100111011 1111011100 10111010010 11011001100
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 253
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 7
  • Average number of symbols per line: 73 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; not, with are repeated.

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