This is an analysis of the poem Newlywed's Departure that begins with:

Chinese vines climb up low hemp plants;
the tendrils cannot stretch very far....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdcXXdbXXeXfdXXXfgXghghacXXeaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01111111 010101101 01001000101 01101000111 1010111101010 101011010111 1000101010010 001110 11110101 101010110 111000100011010 111111001 1110111 111011111 1010010 110110011001011 1111000101 01011110 11010010101011 110111110 1101011110 1000010 1101110110 1101001010 1110001100 1011101011 1010101101 1010011111111 1111101001 1111101 110101001111 10010111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1275
  • Average number of words per stanza: 254
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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 i is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Newlywed's Departure;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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