This is an analysis of the poem Poem For Wei Ba that begins with:

Often a man's life is such
that he seldom sees his friends,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXbXccbadbdeafgcfahfgaXdcdcechdfXfaac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 38,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001101 1110101 101010111 1101011 010101110 111011 111111101 01111000101 1010110100 011111 1101 001011 11111 1010100 0110110 1101 11101 101010 111110 1100101 011101 111111 1011110110 1101 01111 0011111 101011 101010 101100010 110111 1111001 1101011 0111011 111010 0111001010 101010 1011001 100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1097
  • Average number of words per stanza: 206
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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.

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