This is an analysis of the poem De Rong Song that begins with:

Your house is
Falling down ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdeeXeFFXcdbXecFF eghacXFF ebigiFF ibebFFXabebFFahaeaXeFFfajfajfc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,8,7,30,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110 101 01 1 1 111 1 01 110 010 11 11 11 01 11 111 101 110 010 111 110 1 1100 1 100 110 010 11 11 1101 1110 1111 110 010 1111 1101 111 00101 110 010 1101 010 1 0100 1101 110 010 110 1 110 1 110 1100 1 110 010 110 01 1100 110 01 1100 110 010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 194
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 64
  • Average number of symbols per line: 11 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 2
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you is repeated.

    The author used the same word you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word happy at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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