Analysis of Tz'u No. 12
Li Ching Chao 1804 (Jinan, Shandong) – 1155 (Shaoxing, Zhejiang)
To the tune of "Happy Event Is Nigh"
The wind ceases; fallen flowers pile high.
Outside my screen, petals collect in heaps of red
and snow-white.
This reminds me that after the blooming
of the cherry-apple tree
It is time to lament the dying spring.
Singing and drinking have come to an end;
jade cups are empty;
Lamps are flickering.
Hardly able to bear the sorrows and regrets
of my dreams,
I hear the mournful cry of the cuckoo.
Scheme | A AXX BCB XCB XXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011100111 0110101011 111110010111 011 1011110010 1010101 1111010101 1001011111 11110 11100 101011010001 111 110101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 436 |
Words | 81 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 13 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 68 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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