Analysis of Last Night
Li Ching Chao 1804 (Jinan, Shandong) – 1155 (Shaoxing, Zhejiang)
Last
night
thin
rain,
gusty
wind.
Dense
sleep
doesn't
fade
a wine
hangover.
I'm talking
to her
who
rolled up
the curtains.
Are you
blind!
I
say.
By now
they're
fat
green
and skimpy
red.
| Scheme | XXXXAB XXXXXC XCDXX DBXX XXXXAX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1 1 1 1 10 1 1 1 10 1 01 10 110 10 1 11 010 11 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 010 1 |
| Characters | 193 |
| Words | 37 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 5, 4, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 27 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 5 |
| Words per line (avg) | 1 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 28 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 04, 2023
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