This is an analysis of the poem A Visit To Qiantang Lake In Spring that begins with:

Gushan temple north Jiating west
Water surface first flat cloud base low...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdceeabfdcfea
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 10101101 101011111 1001010101111 10011101011 0101010001101101 1110111 11111101 11010111110100001100101 010101010100011 01001001101110011 1100111011011 0101011110100101 1101010101010 1110100111011001 01010110111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 792
  • Average number of words per stanza: 138
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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