This is an analysis of the poem The Ching-Ting Mountain that begins with:

Flocks of birds have flown high and away;
A solitary drift of cloud, too, has gone, wandering on....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 101111101 010101011111001 111010011110001 110110011001011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 211
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 4
  • Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and are repeated.

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  • summary of The Ching-Ting Mountain;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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