This is an analysis of the poem Lu Mountain, Kiangsi that begins with:

I climbed west on Incense Cloud Peak.
South I saw the spray-filled falls...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbXddb eefcXcca bcfeXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110111 1110111 1011101 10001010 10010101 110111110 110101110 100110110 101110101 10101101 010111011 010110101 001001101 11101101 110110001 1101100101 1111011 11100101 111010101 11011011 110110111 101000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 270
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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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