This is an analysis of the poem Ch 08 On Rules For Conduct In Life - Maxim 60 that begins with:
Mendacity resembles a violent blow, the scar of which remains, though the wound may be healed. Seest thou not how the brothers of Joseph became noted...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X aXXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: cinquain
- Metre: 01000100100101010110110111110100100110111111010100011100111111110101011111 1010001001 010111101 1010110110 1011011101101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 246
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 5
- Average number of symbols per line: 99 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 17
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; for is repeated.
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