This is an analysis of the poem Japan that begins with:
Today I pass the time reading
a favorite haiku,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abc aXd eaX efX eae fgh iX aXi bjg cih XiXXddj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,2,3,3,3,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01110110 010010 1001110110 01110 011011 01101 111010100 1101010 10101001 111011000010110 110010010001 11101011101 110011100 111001100 111001100 11011111 111101 110000100111 00101011101 001101010 1100111011001010 10001 101000101 11101010 01001 11101101 11101010 110101 10101001001 110111001001 1101 11101001101 10111 001 111010010111
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 95
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 35
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, i, it, and, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, then, and are repeated.
The author used the same words i, when, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Japan;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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