Analysis of Han Shan
Cold Mountain,
10,000 feet above the world.
Climb to the top just once
and touch the dome of the sky.
It is enough for one lifetime.
Rest on a bamboo mat,
dream in midair.
| Scheme | ABCDEFG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110 10101 110111 0101101 1101111 110011 1011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 181 |
| Words | 43 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7 |
| Lines Amount | 7 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 131 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
About this poem
The poem is a biographical fantasy.
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Written on February 23, 2015
Submitted by learnott1958 on December 18, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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