P’eng-Ya Road by Du Fu: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem P’eng-Ya Road that begins with:

I remember fleeing the rebels
through dangerous northern canyons,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa bc ba aX de ba dc fc cc ea cd aX ef Xg ha fg eb ae hh cc Xe Xb aX bXXgc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101010010 11001010 0111101 110111 111111 100101010 01110010 11111010 110111111 1101010 110111 1001110 1101011 1111 1111010 110111 111010101 1111101 1111110 1010111 10010011 1011111 1111110 110111 1011110 10111111 11101 00111001 110101 1101111 11101 11011100011 101110 11111101 111010 0110 1011101010 1111010 1101010 0111001 11101 11101110 011111 001110010 1101001101 110111 011111101 00100111 011010011 11100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 25
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 62
  • Average number of words per stanza: 12
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; we is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words she, we are repeated.

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

  • summary of P’eng-Ya Road;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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