Analysis of Monkey King
Who is he
What does he want
Where did he appear from
From the egg
The immortal egg
It rolled out from the rock
The immortal rock
On the mountain
What does he want
What does he want
I am Monkey
I am King
King
Your King
We must prepare a feast
!
Why do you despair your majesty?
Of future times
Of future times
I must learn search the Way
The True Way
Must find an Immortal to teach me
Prepare a raft of bamboo and the longest pole
It must be strong to serve me for a journey across the treacherous sea
Singing:
I am a poor woodcutter living in this forest eeking out a living to feed my ill mother
Cutting firewood to trade for rice
I carry it on a pole across my shoulder
Take it to the market
Take it to the market
Monkey King:
Oh woodcutter do you know of an Immortal in this forest
Yes there is one
Please tell me where
Please tell me where
He lives deep in the woods
Follow this trail
Monkey King:
Oh leprechaun sorry to trouble you so
Please take me to your master
I wish to learn The Way
Follow me
He is teaching
He has many disciples
Immortal Sage:
What is your name eccentric monkey who jumps so wildly
I have no name so I call myself Monkey because I am a monkey
What of your parents?
I have no mother
I have no father
I was born from an egg
A immortal egg
On a mountain
So you are born of Heaven and Earth
I shall name you Sun
Old Venerable Woman:
Come sit beside me
I have no children
I shall name you Wu
I am so happy
I have a name
You have given me a name
Master thank you for such a lovely name
Rejoice! rejoice!
Rejoice! Rejoice!
Let us feast
Let us feast
My name is Sun WuKong
Great Sage
Equal of Heaven!
Scheme | aBxccddeBB afff g a HHiiaxa fjxjKK Fx e LL xx Fxji afx ma a x jjcce xe eaex annn OO GG cme |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (37%) Etheree (24%) |
Metre | 111 1111 111011 101 00101 111101 00101 1010 1111 1111 1110 111 1 11 110101 1 111011100 1101 1101 111101 011 111010111 010110100101 111111110100101001 10 1101110011011010111110 10101111 110110101110 111010 111010 101 11111110100110 1111 1111 1111 111001 1011 101 111011011 1111110 111101 101 1110 1110010 0101 11110101011110 11111111100111010 11110 11110 11110 111111 00101 1010 111111001 11111 1100010 11011 11110 11111 11110 1101 1110101 1011110101 0101 0101 111 111 11111 11 10110 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,677 |
Words | 374 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 22 |
Stanza Lengths | 10, 4, 2, 1, 7, 6, 2, 1, 2, 2, 4, 3, 2, 1, 1, 5, 2, 4, 4, 2, 2, 3 |
Lines Amount | 70 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 58 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
About this poem
The tale of Monkey who traverses oceans for ten years in search of an Immortal Sage who together with a venerable woman bestows him with the name Sun Wukong.
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Written on December 15, 2021
Submitted by pearcemelville on April 26, 2022
Modified on April 13, 2023
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