Analysis of The Jackfruit
Ho Xuan Huong 1772 (Nghe An) – 1822
I am like a jackfruit on the tree.
To taste you must plug me quick, while fresh:
the skin rough, the pulp thick, yes,
but oh, I warn you against touching --
the rich juice will gush and stain your hands
Translated by Nguyen Ngoc Bich
Scheme | XAXXX A |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11101101 111111111 0110111 111110110 011110111 01010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 257 |
Words | 50 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 1 |
Lines Amount | 6 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 90 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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