This is an analysis of the poem On A Picture Screen that begins with:
Whence these twelve peaks of Wu-shan!
Have they flown into the gorgeous screen...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabcbdedfa dgchfaaXigiXcabeiheg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,20,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111010011 111000101 010110 11101100001 110001110010 10101000 101001001 001100100 010110001 110001 1011 101010 010110111 0101000100 1111011 10101011 111111 10101001 01011001 01101 01011101 11001110101 01001 1111001010 11111001010 010110 100100100 11000101001 1010100101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 324
- Average number of words per stanza: 57
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of On A Picture Screen;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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