This is an analysis of the poem Lotus Leaves that begins with:

I -
There is no peace beneath the moon,-... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccbaddaaeXa Xfaafgeegffff XcffcgXeghaah XcaacaiiafjjffkkfajjallblbddbXaaffaibbiaeea
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,13,13,43,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 10110101 10111011 11000101 10110101 10010001 11110111 11010101 11010101 110101001 10110111 01111100 01111111 1 10011101 010011111 01010001 11010101 10010101 100010101 10110101 110011011 11010101 100111001 11011111 11010101 1 01010101 01111101 110001001 11010111 11011101 01111000 01010001 01000101 11001101 11010111 01010101 1011111 1 11010101 011111111 10011101 01000101 01010111 100100001 11010101 01010111 01010111 11011101 00110101 11010101 01110101 11010101 11010101 11100101 11010101 11110101 11000101 11010101 11010111 11110101 11110101 11011101 11010111 01011101 10010101 10110001 1 110100101 11110101 110011101 11010111 11110101 01010111 11111101 1111111 111100101 11110001 11111101 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 530
  • Average number of words per stanza: 101
  • Amount of lines: 81
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, i, that are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words oh, alas, and, deep, till, i are repeated.

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