This is an analysis of the poem Canto 13 that begins with:

Kung walked
by the dynastic temple...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcXddXefXXgXbhXadhhibgXfjXfXdcjkIaXIhXXXkXhkkkckXXXXihXX ckIk XedgeachjdhXbahaaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 58,4,18,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 1001010 1000101 111101010 10111 110110 11110011 100111000 1010011 1001111110001100 10010010100 1111101101000100 111101010010 10110010101010 11110101011010 1010000100 0010001000100 111001101001 0110100 1001101 10111111001 1111001 11101 100110101 101000101101000 11101100100 1111101001 101101000 111101110010 100011001000 1110101011 01110010 1011110110100 001010 111 10111100 10111101000 111 10001100 100100100011 1001010111 01001100 11001110011 1001011001000101000 111111011 0011110011 111110011 10011110011 01000110110 10011110011 11111000100 111011000 1100010000 111000101010 111 100110110 1001001101 100101100100 1110010110 1010011111 111 1111 111010011 11111010 11101011 111111010 11110101010 100101111 101011010 101100100110110 101111101 101110010 01100100110110 111100100 11110010010 10100111100 1001010101101 11000101 10001001 101110100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1134
  • Average number of words per stanza: 182
  • Amount of lines: 80
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; and, or, i, his, him, order, not, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, or, with, it are repeated.

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines correctly, him are repeated).

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  • summary of Canto 13;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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