This is an analysis of the poem The Dew is Heavy on the Grass that begins with:

At last the sun is set.
Fill up, fill up the cups of jade,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXa bcbc X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101 11110101 010111 11010101 0101110 11110101 1101010 01000011011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 89
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; soon, too are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word too is repeated.

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  • summary of The Dew is Heavy on the Grass;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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