This is an analysis of the poem Kwannon that begins with:
[Kwannon, the Japanese goddess of mercy, is represented with many hands, typifying generosity and kindness. In one of these hands she is... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ab accccabb dedeffbabX gfbbgf hhbbffff fiXidd gfjfgj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,8,10,6,8,6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1001011001001010010110010100110010111001 0111100110010101 11010101010 010011 1101110101 111101 10010010101 10010011010 1101 1101010001 1101110111 1101110111 1101110001 011001 10110101011 010101 11010111110 1101110111 110011110001 110111010 10111100110 110101 11110110011 1101110001 100110001010 110011 1101110101 1011110111 1001101111 110101 100010101011 1011010101 1001010001 110001 11010101110 100111 10011101100 110011 1111011101 1111010100 10110101010 1101111101 1011010011 110101 111100101010 1101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 275
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 47
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words age, and are repeated.
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- summary of Kwannon;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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