This is an analysis of the poem Loushan Pass that begins with:

Fierce the west wind,
Wild geese cry under the frosty morning moon. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbXcbddca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011 11110010101 10010101 101100 10101 101011001010 0111110010 1110010 010111 010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 326
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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 Loushan Pass;
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