This is an analysis of the poem On Sacrificing To The Kings Woo, Ching, And K'Ang that begins with:
The arm of Woo was full of might;
None could his fire withstand;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cbcb bbbb cdcd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01011101 1101001 11111101 1101111 11111101 110101 11010100 111111 11110101 111111 11111101 010111 01010101 011101 11110001 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
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