Analysis of Tz'u No. 6 (Waiting For You)

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



To the tune of "Red Lips"

Lonely in my secluded chamber,
A thousand sorrows fill every inch
  of my sensitive being.

Regretting that spring has so soon passed,
That rain drops have hastened the falling followers,
I lean over the balustrade,
Weary and depressed.

Where is my beloved?

Only the fading grassland
  stretches endlessly toward the horizon;
Anxiously I watch the road for your return.


Scheme X XXX AXAX X XXX
Poetic Form
Metre 101111 100101010 0101011001 1110010 010111111 111110010100 111001 10001 11101 100101 10100010010 10011011101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 392
Words 67
Sentences 5
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 1, 3, 4, 1, 3
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 63
Words per stanza (avg) 13
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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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