This is an analysis of the poem Banjo Dog Variations that begins with:

Tramps on the road: floating clouds. OLD CHINESE POEM
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a X bcac X defe X X Xghg X iihh X hjXj i X hkhk X ldld X Xefe X lemX X haha X mbhh h X hnen X edXd a X kmXm X dcacX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,4,1,4,1,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,1,4,1,4,1,1,4,1,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 110110110110 1 10101100 01010101 10011100 0100111 1 11111111 1101010 11011001 1101110 11110 1 11111111 010101 11011111 111111 1 111110101 1001010101 01111101 1010111001 1 11010101 11010101 111110111 110111 1111001101 1 11100111 110000111 01101010011 010101 1 11110111 1101001 11010101 1110100111 1 111111100 11110101 110111101 011010101 1 11110101 11011101 0101010101 1101100 1 10111101 010011101 1111001111 1100010111 1 1111111 10101010100 0111111101 1111010111 10111010 1 110100101 110010111 1110110111 10111 1 1101001 11010111 111110101 10100101 0101010001 1 1111011 11010101 0101010110 11011101 1 111111001 10011001 1001011101 1101 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 35
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 68
  • Average number of words per stanza: 13
  • Amount of lines: 99
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; low, and, our, we are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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