This is an analysis of the poem Old Japan that begins with:
In old Japan, by creek and bay,
The blue plum-blossoms blow,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababbcbC ABAXBCBC ababdXbc ababbcbc ababbcdc ababbcbc ababbcXC ababbcbc Xbabbcbc ababbcbc ABAXBCBC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01011111 011101 11011101 111101 10110101 110101 11110101 110101 10011101 111101 10111101 110110 110101001 110101 11010101 110101 01010111 010101 11010101 110101 11010101 110100 11010111 010101 11010101 010111 11010101 010111 11111111 010101 01010101 110101 11010101 110101 01010101 011101 01110101 010111 11011101 010101 01011101 1101001 11010111 110011 11111111 010101 11110101 100101 11010001 010111 01010101 1100111 10010101 110101 1111001010 110101 01011101 010101 1101101 001001 100101011 111101 11010111 110101 1010100 010011 01010111 0100111 1100101011 110111 01011101 010101 01011101 011001 11010101 010101 11110111 1100101 11000101 0100101 10011101 111101 10111101 110110 110101001 110101 11010101 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 239
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 88
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; blue, and, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, that are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word japan at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Old Japan;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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