This is an analysis of the poem Sorrow Of Departure that begins with:

Red lotus incense fades on
The jeweled curtain. Autumn ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaaabXXXcccdXbXeXedbd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100111 01001010 10110110 1111101 1010111 10100101 1001111 111100 1011001 1110110 10101110 1101010 0101111 1001011 1000110 1111011 1101111 11010 1011001 1101110 001111 0101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 647
  • Average number of words per stanza: 117
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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