This is an analysis of the poem Porcelain Pavilion that begins with:

Amidst the waters of a man-made lake,
A porcelain pavilion rises high....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXa XbXc dbdb XcXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101000111 0100010101 0100011101 110010101 1101010101 110110101 0101011100 11000111 110101101 01011101 111111101 1111101 010101110 0110100101 111101010 11010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 152
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; their is repeated.

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  • summary of Porcelain Pavilion;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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