This is an analysis of the poem Regret For Peony Flowers that begins with:
Melancholy steps before red peonies
Evening come only be two branches remain...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXaaXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 10101011100 10110011001 110111101 1010111101 01010100010111 110111110101 110111110101 11111100100101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 381
- Average number of words per stanza: 65
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 47 (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.
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