This is an analysis of the poem Fragments - Lines 0255 - 0256 that begins with:

The noblest thing is justice; the most advantageous, health;
But what gives greatest delight is to gain the object of one's desire....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010100110101 111100100101001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 2
  • Average number of symbols per line: 67 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Fragments - Lines 0255 - 0256;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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