This is an analysis of the poem Canto Xiii: Kung Walked 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 tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 1001010 1000101 111101010 10111 110110 11110011 10111000 110011 101111110001100 101001010 11111110100010 11101010010 111001010101 1111101011010 010000100 001000100010 111001101001 0110100 1001101 10111111001 1111001 01101 10110101 1100010110100 11101100100 1111101001 1110100 11111110010 1001100100 1110101011 01110010 1011110110100 001010 111 1111100 111110100 111 0101100 00100100011 101010111 0100110 11001110011 10101100100010100 111111011 0011110011 111110011 10011110011 01000110110 10011110011 11111000100 1110110 11001000 1110001101 111 100110110 001001101 0010110010 1110010110 1010011111 111 1111 111010011 11111010 11101011 111111010 1111101010 00101111 11011010 01100100110110 11111101 11110010 01100100110110 11110010 1110110010 00100111100 101010101101 01000101 1001001 11110100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 997
  • Average number of words per stanza: 187
  • Amount of lines: 80
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; 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 '', him are repeated).

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