This is an analysis of the poem Visiting A Taoist On Tiatien Mountain that begins with:

Amongst bubbling streams
a dog barks; peach blossom...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbaXXaaXXXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic trimeter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 011001 011110 010011 11011 010101 110011 110010 11110 0011 10011 10101 11111111011 01110 0101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 338
  • Average number of words per stanza: 65
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Visiting A Taoist On Tiatien Mountain;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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