This is an analysis of the poem Chwang Keang Bemoans Her Husband's Cruelty that begins with:

Fierce is the wind and cold;
And such is he....

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXcdcd ebebcaca ababFcFc gdgdFhFh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100111 1101 101111 1100 101101 1001 101101 0101 110111 1101 101101 1101 111111 1001 110101 1101 110101 1001 110101 1001 111111 1011 011101 0101 100111 0101 110111 1101 111111 1011 011101 0101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 182
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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