This is an analysis of the poem Ch 08 On Rules For Conduct In Life - Maxim 68 that begins with:

How can he hear whose organ of audition has been created dull, and how can he avoid progressing upon whom the noose of happiness has been flung?
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abXaXXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11111100010100101111101010011010100101 00101011 110101 00100011101 011010010 01110101101101 1101101010001 1110111101 111011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 294
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 66 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, no are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word whom is repeated.

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