This is an analysis of the poem Station 40, Chiriu: The Poet Ariwara No Narihira At Eight Bridges that begins with:
What is sky but water, more water,
crossed by eight bridges?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaX aaa bXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101110110 11110 001010001011 110101001010 110101001010 1011011011 001001001 1011111101 10101100010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 9
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; they is repeated.
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