This is an analysis of the poem A Farewell To Secretary Shuyun At The Xietiao Villa In Xuanzhou that begins with:

Since yesterday had to throw me and bolt,
Today has hurt my heart even more....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXabbXabXbXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101101111 011111101 010111011101 111000101011 0101101110001010 1110101101111 1110100101 0100011011 1110111110011 11001111001 101101110110 1010110111100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 598
  • Average number of words per stanza: 117
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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