Analysis of The Temple of Fragrance
Ho Xuan Huong 1772 (Nghe An) – 1822
Who could have fashioned this marvel?
The mountain cracks into a wide, hollow cave.
Pious Buddhists struggle to set foot inside,
others gaze at it tirelessly.
Drippings form a sweet streamlet,
as sailors on incoming junks bend their heads.
City folk also flock to these springs and woods.
Clever, indeed, the Old Man in Heaven!
Scheme | ABCDCEFG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110110 01010101101 10101011101 10111100 11011 1101101111 10110111101 1001011010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 328 |
Words | 57 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 8 |
Lines Amount | 8 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 262 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 55 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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