This is an analysis of the poem Ch 08 On Rules For Conduct In Life - Maxim 80 that begins with:
What can an old prostitute do but vow to become chaste, and an policeman not to commit oppression upon men?
A youth who sits in a corner...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X XXaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: cinquain
- Metre: 11111011110011110101001010011 01110010001000101 011110010010010 011011000101 0110010010111010010101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 189
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 5
- Average number of symbols per line: 77 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 14
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.
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More information about poems by Saadi Shirazi
- Analysis of Ch 08 On Rules For Conduct In Life - Maxim 81
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- Analysis of Ch 08 On Rules For Conduct In Life - Story 01
