This is an analysis of the poem Ch 08 On Rules For Conduct In Life - Maxim 74 that begins with:

When a wise man encounters obstacles, he leaps away and casts anchor at the proper opportunity, for thus he will be in the former instance safe on...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011010100110111101010101001110000101011110010100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 194
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 1
  • Average number of symbols per line: 194 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 36
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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