This is an analysis of the poem A Japanese Wood-Carving that begins with:
High up above the open, welcoming door
It hangs, a piece of wood with colours dim. ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdefddXgXbddgdXcXchXidcfjficdhjeabXXg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 39,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11010101001 0101010101 1101010101 1101111101 0101001101 0101110101 001110101010 1011110101 1101000111 11001010101 1111111101 0101011101 11001111111 1001010101 1011101101 0111010101 010011101001 1011101101 1101010101 11001001001 1110011111 1011011101 1100011101 0101011111 1111111101 1011110100 10110011101 1101010001 1011110101 11001000101 100101111010 1101110101 0100011001 1101000101 1001011101 01010101001 01000111000 1101011011 1101010100
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1768
- Average number of words per stanza: 309
- Amount of lines: 39
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; had, its, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
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