This is an analysis of the poem Tz'U No. 18 that begins with:
To the tune of "Intoxicated in the Shadow of Flowers"
Thin mist, dense clouds, a grief-stricken day;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X Xaaab XXbXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,5,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 001010000000110100 111101101 010011001100 10100010110100 10111 1011101111 1111010100101 101101 111111 001110011 1111010101010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 155
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 11
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Tz'U No. 18;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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