This is an analysis of the poem Shoveling Snow With Buddha that begins with:
In the usual iconography of the temple or the local Wok
you would never see him doing such a thing,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdXc ef gech igjkjdbf Xbfll fhimeX emhcha hk anajXkncf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,2,4,8,5,6,6,2,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0010010100001010101 11101110101 1001110010 001110 011001 01001010 10010101001 11111111 100100111 01010010001111010 001011001010 11110101010100101 111110111011 1100101 11011000011 110111110 1010011101 10110110 0110101110 110101 001110101001 11111101110 0001010001001 111110110001 11110110011 1110100101 10000100010 10010001100111 111011100 111000100001 001010110110101 110111111 1011010 1101010010010 010100101 1010111011 11111 10011 11101111 100101110111 11101100010 111001 111110101 110101001 11010101010 011101101 100010011
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 187
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 47
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; we, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words we, and, as are repeated.
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