This is an analysis of the poem Visiting The Hsi-Lin Temple that begins with:
I dismount from my horse at the Hsi-Lin Temple;
I hurry forward, speeding with light cane....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXcXXXc XcXbaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 110011101110 1101010011 00101110100101 001010101000101 00101001011 0111010101 1010110011101 1010100100011 011010110 010011011001 1010101000101 101011000101 1011111011 110010010010001
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 345
- Average number of words per stanza: 67
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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; i, in, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, in, men are repeated.
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