This is an analysis of the poem Before The Cask Of Wine that begins with:
The spring wind comes from the east and quickly passes,
Leaving faint ripples in the wine of the golden bowl....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abc dbcefX efXda
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,6,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic tetrameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 0011100111010 1011000100101 0101110110010 110111 110101001 1110111110 101101 01011001 1101001 111 001001 101010001100 1100011011111 1101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 179
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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