This is an analysis of the poem Ch 08 On Rules For Conduct In Life - Maxim 53 that begins with:
Although a sultan’s garment of honour is dear yet one’s own old robe is more dear; and though the food of a great man may be delicious, the broken...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X XX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101010010011111101111010011100100101011111010 100111111100 11011011111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 3
- Average number of symbols per line: 101 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 19
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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