Analysis of Tz'u No. 3
Li Ching Chao 1804 (Jinan, Shandong) – 1155 (Shaoxing, Zhejiang)
To the tune "Red Lips"
Tired of swinging
indolent
I rise with a slender hand
put right
my hair
the dew thick
on frail blossoms
sweat seeping through
my thin robe
and seeing
my friend come
stockings torn
gold hairpins askew
I walk over
blushing
lean against the door
turn my head
grasp the dark green plums
and smell them.
| Scheme | X AXXXXXBCXAXXCXAXXBX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (60%) Etheree (30%) |
| Metre | 10111 10110 100 1110101 11 11 011 1110 1101 111 010 111 101 1101 1110 10 10101 111 10111 011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 311 |
| Words | 62 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 19 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 13 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 130 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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