This is an analysis of the poem Tz'U No. 16 (Bajiao) that begins with:
Who planted the Bajiao tree under my windows?
Its shade fills the courtyard;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XAA bXc Xbc DDXcac
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic tetrameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 110010110110 011011 011011 101101 101010 001010010 11101010011110 10001 110101 01110111010 01110111010 1011010110 110010101 01
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 95
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words its, it are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines courtyard, melancholy are repeated).
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- summary of Tz'U No. 16 (Bajiao);
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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