This is an analysis of the poem Planting Bamboos that begins with:
Unrewarded, my will to serve the State;
At my closed door autumn grasses grow....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXabcdddXXbdcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1000100101 111110101 1111010101 11001110101 1111101111011 11011111001 11001110101 111011111 111111111 111111011 010111101011 11101011 11111010101 0101100100101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 613
- Average number of words per stanza: 122
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word do is repeated.
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