This is an analysis of the poem Jade that begins with:

THE patient craftsman of the East who made
His undulant dragons of the veined jade,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcXcXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101000111 01001000101 11110100101 1001100001 10010100001 111100 1111 1100010101 110010100011 1100011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 398
  • Average number of words per stanza: 71
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; of, nor are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word nor is repeated.

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

  • summary of Jade;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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