This is an analysis of the poem Changsha that begins with:

Alone I stand in the autumn cold
On the tip of Orange Island, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaXabcXXdXaX ccebdaccXXce
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011100101 10101010 011010 1101011001 1110111 10101010 1010110 10101 1100101 101010101001010 101001000 1110101 11101100 1110010010 101110110 11011 111100 101001010 101110101 100110110 101001011 1100101111 0101 11001111010 1110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 433
  • Average number of words per stanza: 71
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Changsha;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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