Analysis of Tz'u No. 18
Li Ching Chao 1804 (Jinan, Shandong) – 1155 (Shaoxing, Zhejiang)
To the tune of "Intoxicated in the Shadow of Flowers"
Thin mist, dense clouds, a grief-stricken day;
auspicious incense burns in the gold animal.
Once again, it is the joyous mid-autumn festival,
but a midnight chill
touches my jade pillow and silk bed-screen.
I drink wine by the eastern fence in the yellow dusk.
Now a dark fragrance fills
my sleeves and makes me spin.
The bamboo blinds sway in the west wind.
And I am even thinner than a yellow flower.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10110100001110 111101101 010011001100 10111010110100 1011 1011100111 1111010100101 101101 110111 001110011 0111010101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 456 |
Words | 84 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 11 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 120 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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