Analysis of Tz'u No. 17 (He Is Gone)

Li Ching Chao 1804 (Jinan, Shandong) – 1155 (Shaoxing, Zhejiang)



To the tune of "Wu Ling Spring"

Wind ceased, the dust is scented
  with the fallen flowers.
Though day is getting late, I am too weary
  to attend to my hair.
Things remain as ever, yet he is here no more,
  and all is finished.
Fain would I speak, but tears flow first.

They say that at the Twin Brooks
  spring is still fair.
I, too, wish to row a boat there.
But I am afraid that the little skiff
  on the Twin Brooks
Could not bear the heavy load of my grief.


Scheme X XXXAXXX BAAXBX
Poetic Form
Metre 1011111 1101110 101010 11110111110 101111 101110111111 01110 11111111 1111011 1111 11111011 1110110101 1011 1110101111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 458
Words 95
Sentences 8
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 1, 7, 6
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 115
Words per stanza (avg) 31
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Li Ching Chao

Li Qingzhao, pseudonym Householder of Yi'an (易安居士), was a Chinese poet and essayist during the Song dynasty.[2] She is considered one of the greatest poets in Chinese history. more…

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