Analysis of The Cake That Drifts In Water
Ho Xuan Huong 1772 (Nghe An) – 1822
My body is both white and round.
In water I may sink or swim.
The hand the kneads me may be rough,
But I still shall keep my true-red heart.
Scheme | ABCD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011101 01011111 01011111 111111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 145 |
Words | 32 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 4 |
Lines Amount | 4 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 106 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 10, 2023
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