This is an analysis of the poem Lament Of The Frontier Guard that begins with:
By the North Gate, the wind blows full of sand,
Lonely from the beginning of time until now!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdaeXfffXddccagXdcfegdXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 26,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011011101 100001001011 1101110010 11010110 01101001 10010010110 101110010 1100101 11100111 11001 111010010010 1110100110101 1001 0100110110010 01101111001010 11011010 1101011 100111010010 1001001 1110011010 11001110101 11111010101011 01001010 111010010 110011
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 490
- Average number of words per stanza: 86
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; with, who, brought, sorrow, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words who, a are repeated.
The author used the same word by at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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