This is an analysis of the poem Exile’s Letter that begins with:
To So-Kin of Rakuyo, ancient friend, Chancellor of
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabbcdecXdfgbhijjkcXbbjlmccfbcmfjkbnogXjahkicobcX mbakgjhgnXjjbahdacmmcedhgljbchjmdmjcmXbhbcmmbghmahjkngh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 49,55,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01101001011000 100 11010111101010 1011001111 010111101111 110 110111110100 1110 01001110000110 0110 1001010100 11101110 1111001101010 10 01011001101 111111111101 01 111111011 100101 1100101010 111101111000 10 111101011001 111100011 110101100101 1010 000100010110 110110 10011010101011 1 1010101101 1101011010100 1111001101101 1 1010100110 0010100111111 1010 101001010110 1 01001111 010111011 011010 11100110101 1101 11101101110010 1010100110101 111 110010110110010 1101101 11101111010 110001111100100 10 111111111 010110 1101011111110 10110 10110111 1111101001 00101001 11011011101 111001010 110010 11111110110010 111111110010 1111101001010 0010 000101001001011 11 011010101101 1 0101101101110 10 1010010010110 0110 001111011 10100011010111 1010010110101 11 11101101101 11 10010 1011011110 10001001 1011001110100 10011001 1101011 101010010 111001101010 1101100101 111010 11100110 110 1101101110111 11011111101 10 10111101110 00101010111 0110010 100101011011010 101101001 11001 1111011 010 1100101010
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1838
- Average number of words per stanza: 347
- Amount of lines: 104
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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, and, to, end are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, eyebrows are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase eyebrows connects the lines.
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- summary of Exile’s Letter;
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