This is an analysis of the poem Poem By The Bridge At Ten-Shin that begins with:

March has come to the bridge head,
Peach boughs and apricot boughs hang over a thousand...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcdedeef ggXXgeefXdbaddeeXXXgXcXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,25,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110011 1111011110010 1 11011100101 11010101010 10 1011011011010 11011010 101111010011 111001110011 01101101 101011010101 1011100100111 110011011 011100010111 0111001100110 110110110 0110011001010 101111110 10110 101111100110 01111001 000111110 0111110 0010010010 00111010 11111010010 11100101010 10010 10010111101 1111010010100 11101 1010001111 1010010010 00101110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 707
  • Average number of words per stanza: 133
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; on, and, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, haughty, to, who are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines autumns is repeated).

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