Analysis of Goodbye Shandong
You vibrant province of
Princely pagodas and aged sages.
Where cotton, corn, peanuts, fruit,
Of carved mountains and grinning lions,
Where rain falls at night,
In just the right measures.
Oh, how I’ll miss the sandy shores of Rizhao;
The vibrant bathers and beached ships;
The peddlers and fishermen’s inns/houses/hotel.
Qufu schools and Qufu town,
Confucious, Mount Tai, and the Juxian church;
The myriad temples and princely pagodas;
Waning springs, rock gardens, and layered fields;
But missed most of all are the people,
The ever-present smiles and friendly facades,
Whose kindness continues with curious abandon.
Where else can one buy a pen and gather a crowd?
Where else is help just a vocal stumble away?
Appreciation is paramount here,
And well-done work rewarded with free-flowing fountains of gracious gratitude.
Goodbye Shandong from the physical,
But the Spirit ever remains.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110101 100100110 1101101 111001010 11111 010110 1111010111 01010011 0100111001 11011 1110011 010010010010 1011100101 111111010 01010101001 1100101100010 111110101001 111110101001 00101101 011101011101011010 1110100 10101001 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,031 |
Words | 147 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 22 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 22 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 32 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
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