This is an analysis of the poem For Meng Hao-Jan that begins with:

I love Master Meng.
Free as a flowing breeze,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabc XXac dXac XdbX XXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101 110101 1010 0101 01011101 0101110 101110101 01111 10101 11001100 101010 1111 11101 010110 10100110 11 0101110 010110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 71
  • Average number of words per stanza: 13
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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