This is an analysis of the poem To Lord Hu that begins with:
We shall not ask for the precious pearl of the Duke of Sui,
nor for the priceless jade disk of Master Ho....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabXcXddXdd Xbdecad XceXXa Xcdcd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,7,6,5,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 111110101001010 11010110101 1101101010111 01001000010101011 01011010 11000111101001 110001001 0011110101001011010 1110110111 0011011000100 10010101 01010111001010 111101110111111 1010111011010010 0101010101 01000110111111 11110111000110001 1000101100110 11111001011001 11001011110 101011100100100100010010 1011110011111 100101101101111 0101 0110100111010010 110110 1010110001001011010 1100100100110110101 101100101101100110000
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 396
- Average number of words per stanza: 69
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, for, and are repeated.
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