Analysis of Tz'u No. 7
Li Ching Chao 1804 (Jinan, Shandong) – 1155 (Shaoxing, Zhejiang)
To the tune of "Rinsing Silk Stream"
Let not the deep cup be filled
with rich, amber-colored wine;
My mind was eased of sorrow
even before I was drunk.
Distant bells have already echoed
in the evening breeze.
My dream is broken
as the scent of incense vanishes.
Too small, the hairpin of the gold
of warding-off-cold
loosens its hold of my tresses.
I awake to find myself blankly facing
the red flickering glow
of the candle.
Scheme | X XXAXXX XBCCB XAX |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (27%) |
Metre | 10111011 1101111 1110101 1111110 1001111 101101010 00101 11110 101101100 1101101 11011 10111110 1011111010 011001 1010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 441 |
Words | 79 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 6, 5, 3 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 84 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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