This is an analysis of the poem A Coloured Print By Shokei that begins with:
It winds along the face of a cliff
This path which I long to explore, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabacc deXedd bdXdbb XdXddd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 010101001 01111001 1100100101 10101001 10100101011 0010101011 010100101 11001101 101101011001 11001001 0101011001 11111101 1010010001 1010101 1010101111 110101 1101001101 1100110101 101110100101 11101011 111011111 0111001 101100101 0101101011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 229
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word it at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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