Analysis of To the Tune of
Li Ching Chao 1804 (Jinan, Shandong) – 1155 (Shaoxing, Zhejiang)
The fragrance of the pink lotus
fails, the jade mat hints of autumn.
Softly I unfasten my silk cloak,
Who is sending a letter from
among the clouds?
When the swan message returns,
the balcony is flooded with moonlight.
The blossoms drift on, the water flows.
There is the same yearning of the heart,
But it abides in two places.
There is no way to drive away this yearning:
Driven from the eyebrows,
It enters the heart.
| Scheme | XAXAXXX XBXXXB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01010110 10111110 1011111 11100101 0101 1011001 010011011 010110101 110110101 11010110 11111101110 10101 11001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 428 |
| Words | 79 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 166 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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