Analysis of Po Chu-I
A long time ago,
"A thousand ancient forevers gone."
Exiled to Lu Mountain,
beyond the Empty Gate,
where the Void begins,
edge of the Eternal View.
Mystic mountain
covered by clouds.
Cicada's enchanted song
reflected in the immortal Moon.
The Moon followed for 1000 miles
as you walked the Jade Staircase
to the Celestial Palace,
encircled by Pagoda trees.
Close your eyes with age and sleep.
A sleep of 10,000 years.
"White hair means a unlived,
a death too young."
36 peaks stand alone today.
No one goes there anymore.
from "Whistling Past the Graveyard"
Scheme | XX ABXX AXXX XXXX XXBX XX X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01101 0101011 11110 010101 10101 1100101 1010 1011 10101 010000101 011011 111011 1001010 01010101 1111101 0111 11101 0111 110101 111101 110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 610 |
Words | 121 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 4, 4, 4, 4, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 63 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
About this poem
The poem is a biographical fantasy
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Written on March 19, 2015
Submitted by learnott1958 on December 21, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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