This is an analysis of the poem Parting At A Wine-Shop In Nan-King that begins with:

A wind, bringing willow-cotton, sweetens the shop,
And a girl from Wu, pouring wine, urges me to share it....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 011011101001 10101001101101010 011100101110111 111001011101010 111101010001 00110101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 317
  • Average number of words per stanza: 66
  • Amount of lines: 6
  • Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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  • summary of Parting At A Wine-Shop In Nan-King;
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  • idea of the verse;
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