This is an analysis of the poem Evening Song Of Senlin that begins with:

from Senlin: A Biography
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abcbcdddefgfbaeabgXgdbdbehdhaiXidjbj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,36,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01000100 0011010010 1011111 1101001111 110111 0011010010 1101101 011100111 0101001 1110100101 1111001 1010011101 111011 1100111 101111 011101111 1110101 0011100101 100111 00111111011 111111 00110111 101101001 01001001001 0010111 0011101001 1100001 0010100011 00111001 1110011101 10111101 1010011111 0110101 1011111110 10101111 10011111 001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 653
  • Average number of words per stanza: 127
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; my, i, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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