This is an analysis of the poem The Dwarves Of Tao-Chou that begins with:
In the land of Tao-chou
Many of the people are dwarfs;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abccacddebbXXfXe AXgdAcgfXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,10,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 001011 10001011 0100010101111 1010010111110101 0111100010010001011 011000100101101011 11010111100101 11101111101110 1111101001 1010111101001011 10100100110100101001 010010111010111111 1010110110110111 110110101101 0100111011111101 01010010101110 010011 111111111 100111001010001010 011110111111 010011 10101 110111100100 11011 1111011101010101001 111101001010101100
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 717
- Average number of words per stanza: 132
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, in, to, and, dwarfish are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, the are repeated.
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