This is an analysis of the poem She Spins Silk that begins with:

Far up river in Szechuan,
waters rise as spring winds roar....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX aX aX XX aX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110010 10110111 11110101 0101001 0111001001 1111001 01111101 10110111 111 110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 61
  • Average number of words per stanza: 11
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of She Spins Silk;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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