This is an analysis of the poem Dreaming Of Li Bai (1) that begins with:
Separation by death must finally be choked down,
but separation in life is a long anguish,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aX bc bd Xe cf aX efXbd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010111100011 110100100110 110010001 11011011 11001111 101011111 1001 1001111 111111010 010010010 1110101001 10101001 0101111010 101011011 01011011 11010111
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 73
- Average number of words per stanza: 14
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; you is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word when is repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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