Analysis of Floating Sweet Dumpling
Ho Xuan Huong 1772 (Nghe An) – 1822
My body is powdery white and round
I sink and bob like a mountain in a pond
The hand that kneads me is hard and rough
You can't destroy my true red heart
Scheme | ABCD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101100101 11011010001 011111101 11011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 158 |
Words | 35 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 4 |
Lines Amount | 4 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 120 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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