This is an analysis of the poem Celebrating King Wan that begins with:

The royal Wan now rests on high,
Enshrined in brightness of the sky....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd bbeebbee ffggddaa hhaaiiaa hhjjddddhH HhddkkaA Aaccddll
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,10,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011111 01010001 11011101 110011111 011101001 110010101 11111111 11010101 01110111 110111001 01110111 01010101 101010101 0101001 11010001 01011101 11010101 110011101 11010111 00110101 101110001 01110111 111100101 11110011 10110101 0100101001 100111001 01011101 01011101 01001100 11111100 01011101 11010101 111101101 11111001 01000101 11010111 10010101 11111101 011100111 11001101 010101001 010101001 10101101 110001011 11110101 11110101 01110111 01010011 110111001 110111001 11111100 01110011 110101011 110110101 11011111 01110111 11010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 303
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 58
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; to is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, remember, 'tis are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines springs, decree are repeated).

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  • summary of Celebrating King Wan;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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