This is an analysis of the poem To Wang Lun that begins with:
I was about to sail away in a junk,
When suddenly I heard...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11010101001 110011 01010110101 011111101111 011010010101 101001111 00101111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 278
- Average number of words per stanza: 57
- Amount of lines: 7
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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