This is an analysis of the poem Ch 08 On Rules For Conduct In Life - Maxim 71 that begins with:

The Most High sees a fault and conceals it, and a neighbour sees it not, but shouts.
Let us take refuge with Allah. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a XaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111011010101010111 11110010 010111 1111101010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 109
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 4
  • Average number of symbols per line: 57 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Ch 08 On Rules For Conduct In Life - Maxim 71;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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