This is an analysis of the poem Old Poem that begins with:
Did Chuang Chou dream he was the butterfly?
Or the butterfly dream he was Chuang Chou?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaaaaXbXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0111110101 1010111111 0010101010 10100010010 1100110101 1010101 1111111 0100111011 0000101110 100101010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 383
- Average number of words per stanza: 73
- Amount of lines: 10
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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- summary of Old Poem;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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